Immunological features of idiopathic Addison's disease: characterization of the adrenocortical antigens.

  • 1 February 1968
    • journal article
    • Vol. 3 (2), 119-31
Abstract
The antibodies in the sera of two patients with idiopathic Addison's disease, one reacting specifically with adrenocortical cells, the other with the various cell types which produce steroid hormones, have been found to be predominently IgG. The behaviour of the two antibodies in complement-fixation tests is in agreement with their reactivity, reported in the previous paper, in immunofluorescence tests.