Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences
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Beijing Da Xue Xue Bao · Aug 2005
[Anti-endothelial cell antibodies(AECA) are associated with disease activity of propylthiouracil induced antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) positive vasculitis].
To investigate the prevalence of anti-endothelial cell antibodies(AECA) and its possible role in the pathogenesis of propylthiouracil (PTU) induced ANCA positive vasculitis. ⋯ AECAs recognizing a variety of antigens could be found in sera from patients with PTU induced ANCA positive vasculitis and they had a much closer association with vasculitic disease activity compared with ANCA.