Classification of anti-endothelial cell antibodies into antibodies against microvascular and macrovascular endothelial cells: The pathogenic and diagnostic implications

Yehuda Shoenfeld, MD
Department of Medicine B, Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel

Correspondence: Yehuda Shoenfeld, MD, Center for Autoimmune Diseases and Department of Medicine B, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer 52621, Israel. E-mail: shoenfel@post.tau.ac.il

This article is excerpted, with permission, from a longer review of this topic published in Arthritis & Rheumatism (Praprotnik S, Blank M, Meroni PL, Rozman B, Eldor A, Shoenfeld Y. Classification of anti–endothelial cell antibodies into antibodies against microvascular and macrovascular endothelial cells: the pathogenic and diagnostic implications. Arth Rheum 2001; 44:1484-1494). Arthritis & Rheumatism © Copyright 2001 John Wiley & Sons.