Sixty-two patients with allergic vasculitis and histological evidence of leukocytoclastic
vasculitis were examined to determine whether clinical features, such as course and degree …

Serum and synovial fluid (SF) from 68 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were studied
for the presence of immune complexes (IC) and the results correlated with extraarticular …

Ten patients with systemic vasculitis, all positive for anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody
(ANCA), were followed for a mean of 36 weeks to determine the prevalence of anti …

Antiendothelial cell antibodies (AECA) have been detected in healthy individuals, as well as
in autoimmune and systemic inflammatory diseases, including systemic vasculitides. AECA …

In order to obtain a routine simple screening test for the detection of anti-endothelial
antibodies (AEA) we developed a highly reproducible and sensitive enzyme-linked …

Sera from patients with giant cell arteritis and/or polymyalgia rheumatica were tested for the
presence of IgG, IgM and IgA antibody to endothelial cells (AEC), cardiolipin (ACL) and …

The occurrence of autoimmune phenomena in 28 patients with thromboangiitis obliterans
(Buerger's disease) was determined. The following were sought: antineutrophil cytoplasmic …

OBJECTIVE: To study complement and cell mediated cytotoxicity by antiendothelial cell
antibodies (AECA) in Takayasu's arteritis (TA). METHODS: Complement dependent …

Anti-endothelial cell antibodies have beendescribed in sera from patients with inflammatory
boweldisease. The aim of this study was to determine, byELISA, the IgG subclass …

In order to further investigate the role of the immune system in the arteriosclerotic process,
we investigated the anti-elastin peptide antibodies (AEAb) of the IgG and IgM types by DOT …