IgA Anti-β2-Glycoprotein I Autoantibodies Are Associated with an Increased Risk of Thromboembolic Events in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Nadera J. Sweiss; Ronghai Bo; Reena Kapadia; Deborah Manst; Farzan Mahmood; Tara Adhikari; Suncica Volkov; Maria Badaracco; Mary Smaron; Anthony Chang; Joseph Baron; Jerrold S. Levine

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012280

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IgA Anti-β2-Glycoprotein I Autoantibodies Are Associated with an Increased Risk of Thromboembolic Events in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Nadera J. Sweiss ,

* E-mail: nsweiss@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu

Affiliation Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Ronghai Bo,

Affiliation Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Reena Kapadia,

Affiliation Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Deborah Manst,

Affiliation Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois, United States of America
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Farzan Mahmood,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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Tara Adhikari,

Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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Suncica Volkov,

Affiliation Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Maria Badaracco,

Affiliation Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Mary Smaron,

Affiliation Section of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Anthony Chang,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Joseph Baron,

Affiliation Sections of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Jerrold S. Levine

Affiliations Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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IgA Anti-β2-Glycoprotein I Autoantibodies Are Associated with an Increased Risk of Thromboembolic Events in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Nadera J. Sweiss,
Ronghai Bo,
Reena Kapadia,
Deborah Manst,
Farzan Mahmood,
Tara Adhikari,
Suncica Volkov,
Maria Badaracco,
Mary Smaron,
Anthony Chang

Published: August 19, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0012280

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