Table 3 |
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Frequency of autoantibodies (percentages) in patients with anti-RPA |
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Autoantibody |
RPA(+), all (n = 9) |
RPA(+), SLE (n = 4) |
RPA(-), SLE (n = 272) |
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Anti-nRNP |
0a |
0 |
39a |
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Anti-Sm |
0 |
0 |
15 |
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Anti-Ro |
11 |
25 |
33 |
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Anti-La |
0 |
0 |
11 |
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Anti-Ku |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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Rib-P |
0 |
0 |
8 |
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Anti-RNA helicase A |
0 |
0 |
6 |
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Anti-Su |
22 |
0 |
10 |
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RPA, replication protein A; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus; a, p = 0.00122 by Fisher's exact test. |
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Yamasaki et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2006 8:R111 doi:10.1186/ar2000 |
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