JIA affected sibling pairs present high correlation for ANA and ILAR category G Filocamo, C Malattia, I Foeldvari, V Stanevicha, S Nielsen, T Herlin, C Pruunsild, F Zulian, Z Balogh, F Dressler, I Rumba, MG Alpigiani, E Cortis, F Falcini, R Trauzeddel, G Calcagno, L Lepore, M Alessio, DN Glass, SD Thompson, A Martini, N Ruperto, for the Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation ...

In a population based epidemiological survey of juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA), performed in Western Sweden in 1983, an incidence of 12/100,000 was found. The estimated prevalence was 56/100,000. Subgroup distribution showed a preponderance of mono- and pauciarticular forms. The peak age of onset was between 0 and 4 years of age. Girls predominated over boys in a ratio of 3:2. Overall, 30% we...

A review of five years' DNA-binding antibody results in a routine service laboratory revealed 38 patients who had high DNA-binding capacity (DNA-bc) but no antinuclear antibodies (ANA). On retrospective case note analysis, 22 patients (58%) were thought to have systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), although only six (16%) fulfilled the preliminary classification criteria of the American Rheumatis...

BACKGROUND The aetiology and pathogenesis of collagenous colitis are unknown. Autoimmunity has been suggested, but no serological findings have supported such a theory. AIMS AND METHODS Serum from 38 collagenous colitis patients and 38 matched healthy controls was analysed for autoantibodies--that is, antinuclear antibodies, antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies, smooth muscle and mitochondri...

Immunofluorescence microscopy of the skin has disclosed antibodies bound to epidermal cell nuclei in several connective tissue disorders. To establish the diagnostic potential of this phenomenon the results of immunofluorescence microscopy of biopsy specimens from 1651 subjects with various diseases and from 315 patients with systemic connective tissue disorders and related diseases were review...

LIVIA PETRESCU1*, OTILIA CINTEZA2, ANA-MARIA VOICULESCU3, TUDOR ROSU2, IONUT ENCULESCU4, ELENA MATEI4, SERBAN GEORGESCU3, RUXANDRA BIRJEGA3, SPERANTA AVRAM1, DAN MIHAILESCU1 1University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology, 91-95 Splaiul Independenþei, Bucharest, Romania. 2University of Bucharest, Faculty of Chemistry, 21 Dumbrava Rosie, 020462, Bucharest, Romania 3 National Institute for Laser, Pl...

A 51-year-old patient is described who presented with locomotor pain and highly significant positive ANA due to p53 antibodies, which appeared to be associated with primary hepatic carcinoma.

Priscila C. Albuquerque, Mauro Jorge C. Castro, Juliana Santos-Gandelman, Ana Claudia Oliveira, José M. Peralta, Marcio L. Rodrigues* 1 Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), Centro de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico em Saúde (CDTS), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2 Instituto de Microbiologia Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 3 Associação Brasileira das Indúst...

NICOLETA DIMA1, ELENA REZUS2,4*, ANA MARIA SINGEAP3,4, ANCA TRIFAN3,4*, CIPRIAN REZUS1,4* 1 Sf. Spiridon Clinical Emergency Hospital, IIIrd Medical Clinic, 1 Independentei Blvd, 700111, Iasi, Romania 2 Rheumatology Clinic, 14 Pantelimon Halipa St, 700661, Iasi, Romania 3 Sf. Spiridon Clinical Emergency Hospital, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Center, 1 Independentei Blvd, 700111, Iasi, Romania...

*Corresponding author: Jorge Mukdsi, Enfermera Gordillo esquina E. Barros. Pabellón de Biología Celular.1er Piso. Ciudad Universitaria Córdoba, Argentina. Email: [email protected] 1Servicio de Nefrología. Sanatorio Allende, Córdoba, Argentina 2Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Privado, Córdoba, Argentina 3Centro de Microscopía Electrónica, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universida...