ANA = antinuclear antibodies; SMA = smooth muscle antibodies; anti-LKM1 = antibodies to liver/kidney microsome type 1; AMA = antimitochondrial antibodies; IgG = serum immunoglobulin G level ...

Correlation of antinuclear antibodies with unfavorable disease course. ‡ 21 additional healthy controls tested negative. § Antitotal IgG as secondary antibody. ¶ Anti-IgG1, IgG2 and IgG3 as ...

9 Humoral immune status was assessed by measuring serum immunoglobulins, including IgG subclasses, and salivary immunoglobulins. Cellular immune status was not assessed. An antinuclear antibody (ANA) ...

Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) giving a rim-like/membranous (RL/M) or a multiple nuclear dot (MND) pattern are highly specific for primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). Aim and subjects: To assess the ...

The subepithelial deposition of IgG on the glomerular basement membrane ... DNA antibodies declined in all patients, as did antinuclear antibodies in eight out of ten patients (see Box 2).

and positivity for antinuclear antibodies and antibodies to double-stranded DNA. During the index hospitalization, the patient's medications included stable doses of ceftazidime 2,000 mg every 8 h ...

Objective: To identify the target antigen of an anti-nuclear autoantibody (ANA ... After serum incubation, fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled goat anti-human IgG-Fc (EUROIMMUN) or Alexa488-labeled ...

Cathy Wolff is retired from a career that included reporting for the Associated Press as well as doing media relations for the anti-nuclear Clamshell Alliance in the 1970s. She lives in Kittery.

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There are several types of antibodies, and IgG antibodies are associated with chronic (long-term) disease or long-term response to an infection. Normally, the body has minimal or undetectable ...