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ArticleClinical rheumatology2007

Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in leprosy.

Fernando Luiz Barros Edington, Maria Olívia Amado Ramos Bacellar, Paulo Roberto Machado, Lúcio Barbosa, Eliana Reis, Mitermayer Reis, Mittermayer Barreto Santiago

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Article in Clinical rheumatology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Fernando Luiz Barros EdingtonUniversidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Maria Olívia Amado Ramos Bacellar
Paulo Roberto Machado
Lúcio Barbosa
Eliana Reis
Mitermayer Reis
Mittermayer Barreto Santiago
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz · BRComplexo Hospitalar Universitário Professor Edgard Santos · BREscola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública · BRHospital Santa Izabel · BRUniversidade Federal da Bahia · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAnti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA) are auto-antibodies directed to intracellular components of neutrophils and used to be considered as present almost exclusively in granulomatous vasculitis. Recently, these auto-antibodies have been found in other autoimmune disorders as well as infectious diseases. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe studied patients with leprosy confirmed by bacilloscopy and/or skin biopsy, in reaction phase from the Ambulatório de Hanseníase do Hospital Universitário Professor Edgar Santos. ANCA and Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) were determined by indirect immunofluorescence using commercially available kits.

resultsTwenty patients were enrolled in our study, nine males and 11 females. The mean age was 36.9+/-18.2 years. ANCA were present only in one patient, with a perinuclear staining pattern (p-ANCA), and no patient tested positive for ANA. DISCUSSION: Although other studies have shown the presence of ANCA in leprosy, the low frequency of these antibodies in leprosy sera demonstrated in the present study illustrates the high specificity of ANCA for the diagnosis of Wegener granulomatosis.

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