ANTIBODIES TO NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIGENS - A SEROLOGIC MARKER FOR SWEETS SYNDROME

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KEMMETT, D [1 ]
HARRISON, DJ [1 ]
HUNTER, JAA [1 ]
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[1] UNIV EDINBURGH, ROYAL INFIRM, DEPT PATHOL, EDINBURGH EH3 9YW, MIDLOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
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10.1016/0190-9622(91)70154-T
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R75 [皮肤病学与性病学];
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100206 ;
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Seven patients with a clinical and histologic diagnosis of Sweet's syndrome were tested for the presence of circulating antibodies to neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies. Six of the seven patients had detectable antibodies to neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies at a serum dilution of at least 1:20. Antibodies to neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies were not found in serum from patients with a range of cutaneous diseases, some known to cause clinical or histologic confusion with Sweet's syndrome. The detection of circulating antibodies to the neutrophil cytoplasm may be of possible diagnostic value in Sweet's syndrome.
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