Immunoglobulin A and C reactive protein levels in ankylosing spondylitis.
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Immunoglobulin A and C reactive protein levels in ankylosing spondylitis.
SIR, We read with interest the recent paper by Sanders et al on the correlation of immunoglobulin and C reactive protein (CRP) levels in 22 patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and 20 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).' The authors found that IgA serum levels, though raised in AS, do not correlate with CRP levels as they do in RA, suggesting that the mechanism of increase of IgA in t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.46.9.719