Objective To develop simple, practical criteria for clinical diagnosis of fibromyalgia that are
suitable for use in primary and specialty care and that do not require a tender point …

Objective. To develop a fibromyalgia (FM) survey questionnaire for epidemiologic and clinical
studies using a modification of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology Preliminary …

It has been reported that antiphospholipid autoantibodies do not recognize phospholipid
alone, but rather the plasma protein beta 2-glycoprotein I (beta 2GPI), or a beta 2GPI-…

"Anticardiolipin" autoantibodies (aCL) bind to anionic phospholipids only in the presence of
beta 2-glycoprotein I (beta 2GPI), a phospholipid-binding plasma protein. The exact role of …

Paired serum and cerebrospinal fluid specimens from 19 patients with SLE and central
nervous system dysfunction were studied with respect to cerebrospinal fluid IgG index (a …

… Address reprint requests to John B. Winfield, MD, Division of Rheumatology and
Immunology, 932 FLOB 231H, CB# 7280, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. …

Serum from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) frequently contain IgM and IgG
autoantibodies to the constitutively expressed 73-kD/pI 5.5 member of the hsp70 family of …

… Address reprint requests to John B. Winfield, M. D.. Department of Internal Medicine,
University of Virginia: School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22901. … WINFIELD ET AL …

The clinical and serologic characteristics of 17 patients with onset of systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE) after age 50 were compared with those of 49 younger patients. All patients …

A young woman ingested approximately 13 gm of an over-the-counter acetaminophen
preparation and died seven days later in profound coma. Postmortem findings included massive …