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Anti-nucleosome antibodies outperform traditional biomarkers as longitudinal indicators of disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus
5 Sept 2014
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine whether anti-nucleosome antibodies function as activity-specific biomarkers in SLE. METHODS: Fifty-one patients were recruited and followed prospectively with periodic clinical and biochemical assessments over a 14-month period. Disease activity was determined by the SLEDAI-2K. Anti-nucleosome antibody levels were measured by an ELISA and its utility as an...
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