Antibodies to Endothelial Cell Growth Factor and Obliterative Microvascular Lesions in the Synovium of Patients With Antibiotic‐Refractory Lyme Arthritis

Objective Endothelial cell growth factor (ECGF) was recently identified as the first autoantigen known to be a target of T cell and B cell responses in ∼20% of patients with antibiotic‐refractory Lyme arthritis. The goal of the current study was to look for a pathologic correlate between ECGF autoan...

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