Autoantibodies are central to the diagnosis and assessment of systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE). A recent technique for the measurement of autoantibodies utilizes …

The performance of immunoassays for the detection of autoantibodies is of critical
importance to the diagnosis and assessment of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-systemic autoimmune disease leading to
immunological aberrations and excessive multiple autoantibody production. The aim of this …

Objective To obtain more definitive assays of the spectrum of soluble autoantigens targeted
by individual patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to determine whether …

Objective Replacement of standard immunofluorescence methods with bead‐based assays
for antinuclear antibody (ANA) testing is a new clinical option. The aim of this study was to …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the value of routine measurement of a panel of 8 nuclear
autoantibodies (ANA/8) for the diagnosis and management of patients with systemic lupus …

Several studies have investigated the potential of various autoantibody tests in the diagnosis
of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Many lupus patients initially present with …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by multiple autoantibodies and
complement activation. Recent studies have suggested that anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) …

An ELISA panel assay (ANA/6) which simultaneously detects IgG autoantibodies against 6
antigens (ssDNA, dsDNA, Sm, RNP/Sm, SSA, and SSB) was evaluated with sera from 98 …

Objective. To establish the correlation between lupus nephritis‐associated autoantibody
levels and the presence/activity of lupus nephritis and global disease activity using cross …