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Abbreviations
- ACPA:
-
anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies
- AECA:
-
anti-endothelial cell antibodies
- aPL:
-
anti-phospholipid
- autoabs:
-
autoantibodies
- BD:
-
Behçet’s disease
- BiP:
-
immunoglobulin heavy-chain-binding protein
- CCP:
-
cyclic citrullinated peptide
- Hsp:
-
heat shock protein(s)
- IL:
-
interleukin
- ILD:
-
interstitial lung disease
- PAH:
-
pulmonary arterial hypertension
- RA:
-
rheumatoid arthritis
- SjS:
-
Sjogren’s syndrome
- SLE:
-
Systemic lupus erythematosus
- SSc:
-
systemic sclerosis
- TNF-α:
-
tumor necrosis factor α
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