Literature DB >> 7743742

Specificity of IgM antiglobulins produced in rheumatoid arthritis and tropical infections.

A O Adebajo1, T E Cawston, B L Hazleman.   

Abstract

The measurement of rheumatoid factors is of limited value in West Africa due to the low rheumatoid factor seroprevalence among patients with rheumatoid arthritis and the increased seroprevalence among healthy individuals and those with infectious diseases in the region. Using ELISA methods, we have been able to increase the specificity of rheumatoid factor measurement although the sensitivity of this test remains low. Furthermore, among the infectious diseases studied, there was no preferential binding of rheumatoid factors to the Fab gamma portion of immunoglobulin over the Fc gamma portion.

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Year:  1995        PMID： 7743742     DOI： 10.1007/BF02208082

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Clin Rheumatol        ISSN： 0770-3198            Impact factor:   2.980


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Authors:  J L Bampton; T E Cawston; M V Kyle; B L Hazleman
Journal:  Ann Rheum Dis       Date:  1985-01       Impact factor: 19.103

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Authors:  R H Shmerling; T L Delbanco
Journal:  Am J Med       Date:  1991-11       Impact factor: 4.965

7.  Low incidence of rheumatoid factor and autoantibodies in Nigerian patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Authors:  B M Greenwood; E M Herrick
Journal:  Br Med J       Date:  1970-01-10
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1.  Association of schistosomiasis with false-positive HIV test results in an African adolescent population.

Authors:  Dean B Everett; Kathy J Baisely; Ruth McNerney; Ian Hambleton; Tobias Chirwa; David A Ross; John Changalucha; Deborah Watson-Jones; Helena Helmby; David W Dunne; David Mabey; Richard J Hayes
Journal:  J Clin Microbiol       Date:  2010-02-24       Impact factor: 5.948
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