Circulating serum anti-C1q antibody: Correlation with clinical and histopathological activity in patients with proliferative lupus nephritis

• Main Authors: Amer A Abeed (Author), Amel Katat (Author), Iman E El-Gohary (Author), Omar A Hamam (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: SpringerOpen, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Introduction In systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) the prevalence of anti-C1q antibodies (Abs) varies from 30 to 50% and is associated with high clinical activity and, particularly, with renal involvement. Moreover, in the absence of anti-C1q auto-Abs, no lupus nephritis occurs, whereas at least 50%...