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Sera from patients with a vasculitis and controls were investigated for the presence of anti-endothelial cell antibodies(AECA), anti- neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies(ANCA) and anti-myeloperoxidase (MPO) antibodies. Only 19% of patients with Wegener’s granulomatosis and 2% of patients with microscopic polyarteritis had AECA. Our data suggests that AECA are a minor antibody system in vasculitis.
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Varagunam, M. et al. (1993). Little Evidence for Anti-Endothelial-Cell Antibodies in Microscopic Polyarteritis and Wegener’s Granulomatosis. 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_73
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