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Sera of 30 patients with clinically well established Thromboangiitis obliterans were tested for the presence of ANCA by means of immunofluorescence and ELISA. ANCA did occur neither in active nor in inactive disease.
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Schellong, S.M., Rautmann, A., Gross, W.L., Alexander, K. (1993). No ANCA in Thromboangiitis Obliterans (Bürger’s Disease). In: Gross, W.L. (eds) ANCA-Associated Vasculitides. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 336. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9182-2_53
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