Immune Complexes in Acute Pancreatitis |
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| Authors: | A. Fey ,C. Smart &dagger ,J. M. Duggan &Dagger ,G. A. C. Major ,R. Clancy &dagger &dagger |
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| Affiliation: | Royal Newcastle Hospital and Department of Pathology, The University of Newcastle, Newcastle, N.S.W. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract: Immune complexes were detected in the sera of ten of 22 patients with acute pancreatitis using a Clq deviation assay. Five of these were positive using a second technique. There was no correlation between immune complexes and clinical or aetiological features of the pancreatitis. Two patients with immune complexes developed a benign and transient pancreatic polyarthritis. Immune complexes may provide one common path in the sequence of pathogenic events that lead to pancreatitis . |
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