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The incidence of organ specific and non-organ specific auto-antibodies was assessed in the sera of 70 Irish patients with active rheumatoid arthritis and compared to with that in age and sex matched healthy controls and with a group of 39 patients who possessed rheumatoid factor in low titre in their sera but who did not satisfy the criteria for rheumatoid arthritis. Non-organ specific auto-antibodies were found to be significantly increased in the rheumatoid patients, organ specific autoantibodies were not significantly increased. The significance of the findings is discussed.
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Browne, O., Holland, P.D.J. Auto-antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis. Ir J Med Sci 142, 244–248 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02950018
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