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In Reply: In response to Dr Bloch, serial serum samples we collected from each of these patients are currently being assayed for the anti–68-kDa and anti-HSP70 autoantibodies. Our results will be submitted for publication along with information regarding the serological profiles of these patients.

Jeffrey Harris, MD, PhD
Division of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla

Letters Section Editor: Stephen J. Lurie, MD, PhD, Senior Editor.

JAMA. 2004;291:303.

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