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Development and evaluation of a standardized ELISA for the determination of autoantibodies against cN-1A (Mup44, NT5C1A) in sporadic inclusion body myositis by Kramp, Sabine L, Karayev, Dmitry, Shen, Guo, Metzger, Allan L, Morris, Robert I, Karayev, Eugene, Lam, Yvonne, Kazdan, Richard M, Pruijn, Ger J M, Saschenbrecker, Sandra, Dähnrich, Cornelia, Schlumberger, Wolfgang

“…Sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) is an autoimmune degenerative disease of the muscle, with inflammatory infiltrates and inclusion vacuoles. Its…”
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Sensitivity and clinical utility of the anti-cytosolic 5′-nucleotidase 1A (cN1A) antibody test in sporadic inclusion body myositis: Report of 40 patients from a single neuromuscular center by Felice, Kevin J., Whitaker, Charles H., Wu, Qian, Larose, Daniel T., Shen, Guo, Metzger, Allan L., Barton, Randall W.

“…•We report the sensitivity and clinical utility of the anti-cN1A antibody test in sporadic inclusion body myositis (IBM).•This is a retrospective review of 40…”
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Performance of Anti–Topoisomerase I Antibody Testing by Multiple-Bead, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay and Immunodiffusion in a University Setting by Homer, Kate LaRiviere, Warren, Jeffrey, Karayev, Dmitry, Khanna, Puja P., Young, Amber, Nagaraja, Vivek, Metzger, Allan L., Khanna, Dinesh

“…BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVEThe criterion standard for anti–topoisomerase I antibody (anti–topo I antibody) testing in systemic sclerosis (SSc) uses immunodiffusion…”
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Computer-assisted pattern recognition of autoantibody results by Binder, Steven R, Genovese, Mark C, Merrill, Joan T, Morris, Robert I, Metzger, Allan L

“…Immunoassay-based anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) screens are increasingly used in the initial evaluation of autoimmune disorders, but these tests offer no…”
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Proteomic analysis of secreted proteins in early rheumatoid arthritis: anti-citrulline autoreactivity is associated with up regulation of proinflammatory cytokines by Hueber, Wolfgang, Tomooka, Beren H, Zhao, Xiaoyan, Kidd, Brian A, Drijfhout, Jan W, Fries, James F, van Venrooij, Walther J, Metzger, Allan L, Genovese, Mark C, Robinson, William H

“…Objectives: To identify peripheral blood autoantibody and cytokine profiles that characterise clinically relevant subgroups of patients with early rheumatoid…”
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Lupus erythematosus in the 1980s: a survey of 570 patients by Pistiner, M, Wallace, D J, Nessim, S, Metzger, A L, Klinenberg, J R

“…Five hundred seventy lupus erythematosus patients observed in a private practice between 1980 and 1989 were surveyed. Fifty-five percent were diagnosed after…”
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Identification of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies against tissue plasminogen activator in the antiphospholipid syndrome by Lu, Cai‐Sheng, Horizon, Arash A., Hwang, Kwan‐Ki, FitzGerald, John, Lin, Wei‐Shiang, Hahn, Bevra H., Wallace, Daniel J., Metzger, Allan L., Weisman, Michael H., Chen, Pojen P.

“…Objective To test the hypotheses that some plasmin‐reactive anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) may bind to tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and that some of…”
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HL-A W27--a clue to the diagnosis and pathogenesis of Reiter's syndrome by Morris, R, Metzger, A L, Bluestone, R, Terasaki, P I

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Diurnal variation in biliary lipid composition. Possible role in cholesterol gallstone formation by Metzger, A L, Adler, R, Heymsfield, S, Grundy, S M

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HL-A-W27--a useful discriminator in the arthropathies of inflammatory bowel disease by Morris, R I, Metzger, A L, Bluestone, R, Terasaki, P I

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Failure of disodium etidronate in calcinosis due to dermatomyositis and scleroderma by Metzger, A L, Singer, F R, Bluestone, R, Pearson, C M

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MULTICENTRIC RETICULOHISTIOCYTOSIS (LIPOID DERMATO-ARTHRITIS): AN EROSIVE POLYARTHRITIS WITH DISTINCTIVE CLINICAL, ROENTGENOGRAPHIC AND PATHOLOGIC FEATURES by GOLD, RICHARD H, METZGER, ALLAN L, MIRRA, JOSEPH M, WEINBERGER, HOWARD J, KILLEBREW, KATE

“…Detailed analysis of the progressive roentgenographic changes found in complete serial skeletal surveys of 2 men with multicentric reticulohistiocytosis (MR)…”
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Can an earthquake cause flares of rheumatoid arthritis or lupus nephritis? by Wallace, D J, Metzger, A L

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Cholesterol-lowering effect of hydroxychloroquine in patients with rheumatic disease: reversal of deleterious effects of steroids on lipids by Wallace, D J, Metzger, A L, Stecher, V J, Turnbull, B A, Kern, P A

“…The effects of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) on serum levels of cholesterol, triglycerides, and high- (HDL) and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) were studied in…”
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Lupus in the 1980s: III. Influence of clinical variables, biopsy,and treatment on the outcome in 150 patients with lupus nephritis seen at a single center by Neumann, Katherine, Wallace, Daniel J., Azen, Colleen, Nessim, Sharon, Fichman, Marshal, Metzger, Allan L., Klinenberg, James R.

“…Of 500 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus observed at our center, 150 fulfilled criteria for lupus nephritis. Of these 150 patients, 91% were female,…”
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Randomized controlled trial of pulse/synchronization cyclophosphamide/apheresis for proliferative lupus nephritis by Wallace, Daniel J., Goldfinger, Dennis, Pepkowitz, Samuel H., Fichman, Marshal, Metzger, Allan L., Schroeder, Johann O., Euler, Hans H.

“…OBJECTIVE To assess the efficacy of pulse/synchronization cyclophosphamide/apheresis in patients with proliferative lupus nephritis. METHODS Eighteen patients…”
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Reversible Cerebral Oedema Complicating Diabetic Ketoacidosis by Metzger, Allan L., Rubenstein, Arthur H.

“…A young man with diabetic ketoacidosis developed the clinical features of cerebral oedema. This resolved without specific treatment. The mortality from…”
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The relevance of antimalarial therapy with regard to thrombosis, hypercholesterolemia and cytokines in SLE by Wallace, D J, Linker-Israeli, M, Metzger, A L, Stecher, V J

“…Hydroxychloroquine has several less well-known actions that may have clinical relevance in treating systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). (1) Hydroxychloroquine…”
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HL-A W27 in psoriatic arthropathy by Metzger, A L, Morris, R I, Bluestone, R, Terasaki, P I

“…Forty subjects with psoriatic arthritis (PA) underwent HL-A tissue typing. HL-A W27 was significantly increased in psoriatic spondylitis (35%), whereas…”
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Cutaneous lupus erythematosus without systemic lupus erythematosus: clinical and laboratory features by Wallace, D J, Pistiner, M, Nessim, S, Metzger, A L, Klinenberg, J R

“…Sixty-seven patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) were followed up as part of a series of 570 lupus erythematosus patients seen in a private…”
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