antibodies such as anti-SSA (Ro). Testing for MSA is not standardized, and commercially available tests use variable methodologies. Dr. Julie Paik is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the ...

Patients with CLE who have specific patient characteristics may have lower treatment response than patients who do not have these characteristics.

Healthy subjects were consistently found to be anti-ENA negative by any of the methods employed. [13] Antibodies directed against the SSA/Ro-60kD and SSB/La ribonucleoproteins, often coexisting ...

Recent research has focused on understanding the mechanisms behind these cardiac issues, particularly the role of specific autoantibodies, such as anti-Ro/SSA antibodies, in contributing to heart ...

Recent decades have witnessed remarkable strides in the realm of clinical research and treatment for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and Sjögren’s ...

Recent decades have witnessed remarkable strides in the realm of clinical research and treatment for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and Sjögren’s ...

p<0.01), more frequently anti-SSA antibodies (90.5% vs 67.1%, p=0.03), but less frequent lymphocytic sialadenitis with a focus score ≥1 (66.7% vs 85.5%, p=0.03). If the analysis is restricted to ...

For this purpose, a doctor may order anti-dsDNA, anti-Sm, Sjögren's antigens (SSA, SSB), Scl-70 antibodies, anti-centromere, anti-histone, and anti-RNP. The ANA blood test can seem complicated. The ...

No diagnosis of IBM or other myositis was made. Twenty-nine (44.6%) patients showed other antibodies specificities: anti-SSA/Ro52 (20%), anti-Ku (4.6%), anti-Mi-beta2 (4.6%) and anti-DSF70 (4.6%). In ...

He was positive for antinuclear antibody and anti-SSA antibody and had low C3 and C4 proteins. The skin biopsy was consistent with hypertrophic discoid lupus erythematosus. He was diagnosed with ...