Detection of serum anti-B/B' UsnRNP antibodies in patients with connective tissue diseases by immunoblotting

• Main Authors: A. Ghirardello (Author), A. Doria (Author), S. Zampieri (Author), D. Villalta (Author), R. Tozzoli (Author), L. Iaccarino (Author), R. Bendo (Author), P.F. Gambari (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: PAGEPress Publications, 2002-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Objective: To investigate the reliability of the immunoblot method in the detection of serum immunoreactivity towards the B/B' polypeptides of U small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (UsnRNP) and to assess the significance of these antibodies in connective tissue disease (CTD) patients. Methods: We...