Korean J Dermatol.  1987 Apr;25(2):209-212.

Incidence of Anti - Ro Antibodies in Patients with Systemic Lupus Crythematosus

• Lee CW
• Kim HY

Abstract

We examined the incidence of anti-Ro antibodies with sera from 60 Korean patients with systemic lupus erythematosus(SLE) by double immunodiffusion. Among these 60 sera tested, 31(51.7%) showed evident immunoprecipitations against Ro antigen on the Ouchterlony plates. Several recent studies indieate that the anti-Ro antibody occurs much less frequently in Occidental lupus patients(around 30%) than in Japanese lupus patients (50%). These data may be suggestive that the racial or ethnic baekground might be an important factor determining the serological, and perhaps the clinical features of SLE.

Keyword

Systemic lupus erythematosus; Anti - Ro antibodies; Ethnic background

MeSH Terms

Antibodies*
Asian Continental Ancestry Group
Humans
Immunodiffusion
Incidence*
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic
Antibodies