Incidence of Anti - Ro Antibodies in Patients with Systemic Lupus Crythematosus.
- Author:
Chang Woo LEE
;
Ho Yeun KIM
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Systemic lupus erythematosus;
Anti - Ro antibodies;
Ethnic background
- MeSH:
Antibodies*;
Asian Continental Ancestry Group;
Humans;
Immunodiffusion;
Incidence*;
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
- From:Korean Journal of Dermatology
1987;25(2):209-212
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
We examined the incidence of anti-Ro antibodies with sera from 60 Korean patients with systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE) by double immunodiffusion. Among these 60 sera tested, 31(51.7%) showed evident immunoprecipitations against Ro antigen on the Ouchterlony plates. Several recent studies indieate that the anti-Ro antibody occurs much less frequently in Occidental lupus patients(around 30%) than in Japanese lupus patients (50%). These data may be suggestive that the racial or ethnic baekground might be an important factor determining the serological, and perhaps the clinical features of SLE.
