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. 1999 Sep;155(3):915–925. doi: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)65191-7

Table 1.

Characteristics of CSS Patients

Patient Age Sex Organs involved Eosinophilic counts (%) ANCA titer
GG 69 male lung, polyneuropathy 19 p-ANCA (1:80)
GM* 23 male lung, kidney 23 c-ANCA (1:160)
LM* 57 female lung, polyneuropathy 36 p-ANCA (1:80)
NB 57 female lung, paranasal sinus 13 negative
PF* 43 male lung, skin, gastrointestinal 32 c-ANCA (1:160)
SJ* 56 male lung 10 negative
VN* 49 female lung  6 negative
WI* 48 female gastrointestinal, lung, skin 35 x-ANCA (1:80)

*PBL from these patients were also used for functional apoptosis tests and for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for soluble CD95 of culture supernatants.