Deicher H R, Drenk F, Hoffman G
Abt. Immunologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, FRG.
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A low molecular weight LtB4-carrier complex has been identified as endothelial cytotoxic activity (ECA) in progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) patients' sera. ECA is thought to play a key role in the initiation of obliterative vasculopathy, a basic tissue lesion of this disease.