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J Rheumatol
; 9(4): 536-42, 1982.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-6982334
ABSTRACT
Forty-four patients with high titers of anti-RNP antibodies, without anti-Sm or anti-nDNA antibodies, were studied retrospectively for clinical symptomatology, morbidity and mortality. Seven had died. Eleven had renal disease. Of patients with disease course greater than 7 years, only half had features of overlapping connective tissue diseases. The finding of high titer anti-RNP antibodies without anti-Sm or anti-nDNA did not appear to imply a distinct or unique clinical diagnosis or prognosis.