ANTIRIBOSOMAL P PROTEIN ANTIBODIES IN DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OF PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

1 August 1993

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Rheumatology

Vol. 32 (8) , 663-665
https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/32.8.663

Abstract

We report a significantly increased prevalence of antiribosomal P protein antibodies in Malaysian Chinese patients (38%) with SLE compared to white Caucasian (13%) and Afro-Caribbean (20%) patients. The increased prevalence was not due to a generalized increase in autoantibody production because anti-dsDNA and anti-SSA antibodies were present in comparable frequencies in the three ethnic groups while anti-Sm and anti-SSB antibodies were rarely found in the Malaysian Chinese patients.

Keywords

ANTI P ANTIBODIES
ETHNIC
MALAYSIAN CHINESE
SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

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