Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53383#.VMBovizQrzE Author(s) Silvia Reina 1,2 , Cecilia Pisoni 3 , Alicia Eimon 3 , Carolina Carrizo 3 , Roberto Arana 3 , Enri Borda 1,2* Affiliation(s) 1 Pharmacology Unit, School of Dentistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina . 2 National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina . 3 Section of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, CEMIC, Buenos Aires, Argentina . ABSTRACT Background : Evidences have shown that anti-M 3 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor IgG (anti-M 3 mAChR IgG) are clinically useful autoantibody that exert a cholinergic pharmacologic effect binding and interacting with M 3 mAChR at the level of exocrine gland (salivary and ocular). Aims : The aim of this study was to determine the associations between serum level of anti-M 3 mAChR IgG in patients with systemic lupus er...
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