Article
Antigammaglobulins in Normal Individuals and in Patients with Adult and Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis
Autor
Schur, Peter H.
Bianco Colmenares, Nicolás E.
Panush, Richard S.
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Resumen
Rheumatoid factors or antigammaglobulins have been demonstrated in the sera of the majority of patients with rheumatoid arthritis by the agglutination of sensitized particles coated with y-globulins [9, 17, 29]. The presence of rheumatoid factor as measured by these agglutination tests correlate with some but not all clinical features of rheumatoid arthritis. These agglutination tests, however, provide only a semiquantitative technique of the amount of antigammaglobulins present.