Publications by authors named "Shahan A Stutes"
Autoantibodies in chronic idiopathic urticaria and nonurticarial systemic autoimmune disorders.
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol
January 2013
Background: Chronic idiopathic urticaria (CU) has been associated with other autoimmune diseases and basophil-activating autoantibodies to FcεRI or IgE. It is unknown whether patients with systemicautoimmune diseases have a similar prevalence of these autoantibodies.
Objective: To compare the prevalences of basophil-activating autoantibodies (elevated CU Index) in patients with CU, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).