Epidemiological, clinical and immune factors that influence the persistence of antiphospholipid antibodies in leprosy.
Sandra Lúcia Euzébio RibeiroHelena Lúcia Alves PereiraAntônio Luiz BoechatNeusa Pereira SilvaEmilia Ionue SatoMaria das Graças Souza CunhaLuiz Fernando de Souza PassosMaria Cristina Dos-SantosPublished in: Advances in rheumatology (London, England) (2019)
Persistence of positivity for aPL antibodies was influenced by age, clinical presentation and bacterial index. However, further studies are needed to elucidate the reason for this persistence, the role played by aPL antibodies in the disease and the B cell lineages responsible for generation of these antibodies.
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