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Table 2 CMV serostatus of patients with autoimmune disease

From: Autoimmune response to U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (U1 snRNP) associated with cytomegalovirus infection

  

CMV-positive

 

Patient's

    

diagnosis

Autoantibody

%

No./no. tested

P

SLE

Sm+

63

12/19

 
 

Sm–

57

12/21

ns

 

RNP+

74

17/23

 
 

RNP–

41

7/17

0.05

MCTD

Sm+

50

1/2

 
 

Sm–

35

6/17

ns

 

RNP+

37

7/19

 

DM/PM

NA*

60

9/15

 
  1. *Not available. DM, dermatomyositis, ns, not significant, PM, polymyositis.
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