Abstracts tagged "autoantibodies"

Abstract Number: 2380 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
High Frequency of Ferritin Autoantibodies in Takayasu Arteritis
Niklas T. Baerlecken¹, Katherina Große², Frank Moosig³, Wolfgang L. Gross⁴, Reinhold E. Schmidt¹ and Torsten Witte⁵, ¹Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Medical University Hannover, Hannover, Germany, ²Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Student, Hannover, Germany, ³University of Luebeck, Stormarnzing 156, Bad Bramstedt, Germany, ⁴Dept of Clinical Rheumatology, Medical University at Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany, ⁵Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany
Background/Purpose: Takayasu arteritis (TA) may be difficult to diagnose since diagnostic biomarkers have not been established so far. In a previous study, we could show…