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. 1975 Aug;21(2):339–344.

Smooth muscle antibody in patients with warts.

S A Mcmillan, M Haire
PMCID: PMC1538263  PMID: 1102167

Abstract

Sera from fifty-four patients with warts were tested for the presence of commonly found autoantibodies. Smooth muscle antibody (SMA) was detected at a significantly higher level than in a control group of healthy blood donors matched for age and sex, and was in the IgM class. The SMA-positive sera gave a microfilamentous staining pattern also in the IgM class, on fixed HEp2 tissue culture cells. Absorption of positive sera with smooth muscle removed both SMA staining and the anti-cellular staining.

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