Almost all systems showed a considerable range of gene frequency among the various subgroups of patients with SS but only a few attained statistical significance (C3 and GPT).
Because the SS-A/Ro and SS-B/La autoantibody responses in SS and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) show even stronger correlations with HLA alleles, HLA-DR and DQ alleles were examined using restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) in white and black patients with SS and/or SS having anti-Ro and anti-La antibodies.
Because the SS-A/Ro and SS-B/La autoantibody responses in SS and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) show even stronger correlations with HLA alleles, HLA-DR and DQ alleles were examined using restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) in white and black patients with SS and/or SS having anti-Ro and anti-La antibodies.
Because the SS-A/Ro and SS-B/La autoantibody responses in SS and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) show even stronger correlations with HLA alleles, HLA-DR and DQ alleles were examined using restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLP) in white and black patients with SS and/or SS having anti-Ro and anti-La antibodies.
Both p8 and p14 of CaBP were found at elevated levels in sera of some patients with connective tissue diseases [highly elevated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Sjogren's syndrome (SjS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), and moderately in polymyositis or dermatomyositis (PM/DM) and mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)].
Both p8 and p14 of CaBP were found at elevated levels in sera of some patients with connective tissue diseases [highly elevated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Sjogren's syndrome (SjS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), and moderately in polymyositis or dermatomyositis (PM/DM) and mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)].
Both p8 and p14 of CaBP were found at elevated levels in sera of some patients with connective tissue diseases [highly elevated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Sjogren's syndrome (SjS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), and moderately in polymyositis or dermatomyositis (PM/DM) and mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)].
Both p8 and p14 of CaBP were found at elevated levels in sera of some patients with connective tissue diseases [highly elevated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Sjogren's syndrome (SjS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), and moderately in polymyositis or dermatomyositis (PM/DM) and mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)].
Both p8 and p14 of CaBP were found at elevated levels in sera of some patients with connective tissue diseases [highly elevated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Sjogren's syndrome (SjS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), and moderately in polymyositis or dermatomyositis (PM/DM) and mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)].
Both p8 and p14 of CaBP were found at elevated levels in sera of some patients with connective tissue diseases [highly elevated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Sjogren's syndrome (SjS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), and moderately in polymyositis or dermatomyositis (PM/DM) and mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)].
Both p8 and p14 of CaBP were found at elevated levels in sera of some patients with connective tissue diseases [highly elevated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Sjogren's syndrome (SjS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), and moderately in polymyositis or dermatomyositis (PM/DM) and mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)].
Both p8 and p14 of CaBP were found at elevated levels in sera of some patients with connective tissue diseases [highly elevated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), Sjogren's syndrome (SjS), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS), and moderately in polymyositis or dermatomyositis (PM/DM) and mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)].
These findings contrast with the relatively homogeneous immunogenetic background seen in other lupus erythematosus subsets with a high frequency of Ro(SS-A) antibody, i.e., neonatal lupus erythematosus and Sjögren's syndrome/lupus erythematosus overlap (increased frequency of HLA-DR3, DQw2 and DRW52).
The three mothers were found to suffer from Sjögren's syndrome; they all tested positive for anti-SSA and SSB antibodies and had lymphocyte infiltration into the small salivary gland.
The three mothers were found to suffer from Sjögren's syndrome; they all tested positive for anti-SSA and SSB antibodies and had lymphocyte infiltration into the small salivary gland.
The three mothers were found to suffer from Sjögren's syndrome; they all tested positive for anti-SSA and SSB antibodies and had lymphocyte infiltration into the small salivary gland.