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Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
Autoantibodies and ... their Disease Associations ... ANA - Non-specific ... diseases #diagnosis ... #table #rheumatology
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology
 • Lupus (SLE): ANA (anti-nuclear antibody), dsDNA (double-stranded DNA), Anti-Smith, Anti-Ro (SSA) and
Lupus (SLE): ANA ... others (RNP, aPL antibodies ... • Scleroderma (Systemic ... diagnosis #associations ... #table
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
Positive ANAAutoimmune ... Disease! ... (SLE), Systemic ... : Lupus (SLE), Systemic ... #rheumatology #diagnosis
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
) • Systemic lupus ... connective tissue disease ... 90% • Anti-GBM disease ... #antibodies #diagnosis ... diseases
Antinuclear antibodies and Systemic lupus
Anti-dsDNA	60-80%	Association with disease activity (when with Farr assay) and lupus nephritis. Can
and Systemic lupus ... with disease activity ... with auto-immune diseases ... #Systemic #lupus ... table #ANA
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
SLE (Systemic Lupus ... Decade Skin Disease ... tissue disease ... rheumatologic diseases ... #Systemic #Lupus
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
diseases: - 10% ... SLE or RA - 5 ... DDX: • ANCA (Antineutrophil ... lupus erythematosus ... classification #rheumatology
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
of autoantibodies ... months to years) Systemic ... Evolution: Chronic disease ... #table #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
multisystemic disease ... associated with other diseases ... demyelinating disease ... peripheral Thyroid Disease ... Tracheobronchial disease
Paraproteinemias

Entities That Can Feature A Monoclonal Protein/M Component:
• MM
• WM
• MGUS
• MGCS
• MGRS
• Splenic Marginal Zone
• Heavy Chain disease ... macular Vasculitis) Autoantibodies ... to cold IgG • Lupus ... Sneddon-Wilkinson disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis