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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-7-6
pubmed:abstractText
By means of the indirect immunofluorescent method, smooth-muscle antibodies (SMA) were detected significantly more often in patients with malignant diseases (11.7%) than in normal controls (3.3%) (0.02 greater than pgreater than 0.01). SMA occurred in 23.8% of patients with Hodgkin's disease, in 13.3% of patients with myeloproliferative diseases and in 4.7% of patients with lymphoproliferative diseases. Other tissue antibodies were rare and they were found to occur at the same frequency in patients and controls. The occurrence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) antibodies did not differ significantly in patients and controls and, in both groups, the frequency of these antibodies increased with increasing age. The frequency of Epstein-Barr-virus (EBV) antibodies increased also with increasing age both in patients and controls, but these antibodies were found more frequently in patients than in controls (p=0.03). No relationship between the occurrence of SMA and viral antibodies was demonstrated. Thus, the development of SMA in patients with malignancies could not be shown to be due to CMV or EBV infection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0304-1328
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
84
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
86-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-6-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
Smooth-muscle antibodies and antibodies to cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus in leukaemias and lymphomata.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article