DIAGNOSTIC USE OF B-CELL ALLOANTIGEN D8 17 IN RHEUMATIC CHOREA/

Authors
FELDMAN BM ZABRISKIE JB SILVERMAN ED LAXER RM
Citation
Bm. Feldman et al., DIAGNOSTIC USE OF B-CELL ALLOANTIGEN D8 17 IN RHEUMATIC CHOREA/, The Journal of pediatrics, 123(1), 1993, pp. 84-86
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
123
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
84 - 86
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1993)123:1<84:DUOBAD>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Two unrelated patients with a family history of rheumatic fever had is olated, acquired chorea. Both index cases, as well as affected family members, had increased expression of the rheumatic B-cell alloantigen D8/17. This test may help differentiate Sydenham chorea from lupus cho rea.