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9569078

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-5-13
pubmed:abstractText
The occurrence and clinical value of anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) were studied in 33 patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) and in seven patients with polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), at onset and during follow-up. aCL were present in 19/40 (47.5%) GCA/PMR cases, most of them of the IgG isotype, whereas all controls (21 subjects) were aCL negative. The presence of aCL was not associated with inflammatory parameters or clinical signs of arteritis; however, they disappeared in a significant percentage (56%) of patients during steroid therapy. No correlation was found between ischaemic events and aCL, suggesting that they are not important for the development of vascular complications in GCA/PMR patients. Moreover, a retrospective evaluation of our data showed a correlation between aCL positivity and anaemia, whose significance remains to be elucidated.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0263-7103
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
208-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Anticardiolipin antibodies in giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica: a study of 40 cases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports