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identifier: 1785194
description:
epitope description:cardiolipin
host organism:Homo sapiens
aggregation:
instance of dataset
availability:
available
primaryPublications: 3263233
authorizations:
registration not required
accessURL: http://www.iedb.org/reference/1016320
landingPage: http://www.iedb.org/assay/1785194
type:
Literature
publicationVenue:
Clin Exp Immunol
dates:
1988
study type: b cell assays
subject species:
fullName:
S Cowchock
J Fort
S Munoz
R Norberg
W Maddrey
method:
ELISA
name:
False positive ELISA tests for anticardiolipin antibodies in sera from patients with repeated abortion, rheumatologic disorders and primary biliary cirrhosis: correlation with elevated polyclonal IgM and implications for patients with repeated abortion.
description:
Neither total levels of IgM binding nor levels of significant binding to cardiolipin correlated with total immunoglobulins. The tendency for non-specific ELISA binding to disappear over time or with treatment with immunosuppressive drugs.

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