Association between IgG4 Autoantibody and Complement Abnormalities in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

• Main Authors: Qingjun Pan (Author), Linjie Guo (Author), Jing Wu (Author), Jun Cai (Author), Huanjin Liao (Author), Qiaofen Lan (Author), Yanxia Peng (Author), Yiming He (Author), Hua-feng Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In order to investigate the association between IgG4 autoantibody and complement abnormalities in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 72 newly diagnosed SLE patients, 67 rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, and 41 healthy normals were employed. Serum levels of antinuclear IgG4 and IgG4-specific IgM-r...