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ANA Patterns and Associated Rheumatic Diseases:
 • Homogeneous: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Mixed connective tissue disease
ANA Patterns and ... Homogeneous: Systemic lupus ... , Drug-induced Lupus ... Sjogren's Syndrome (SS ... #patterns #rheumatology
SLICC SLE Diagnostic Criteria - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Clinical and Immunologic Criteria

CLINICAL CRITERIA
 - ACUTE CUTANEOUS LUPUS
Erythematosus Clinical and ... NEUROLOGIC - HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA ... IMMUNOLOGIC CRITERIA - ANA ... absence of hemolytic anemia ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Hemolytic Anemias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Signs of anemia and hemolysis:
 • ↓ Haptoglobin
 • ↑ LDH
Hemolytic Anemias ... Algorithm Signs of anemia ... and hemolysis: ... #Hemolytic #Anemias ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hematology
Diagnostic Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - ACR and SLICC Criteria

#Diagnosis #Rheumatology #SLE #Lupus #Erythematosus #Criteria
Criteria for Systemic Lupus ... Erythematosus - ACR and ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology ... #SLE #Lupus #Erythematosus
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Diagnosis
Manifestations:
 - Arthritis 69%
 - Malar rash 40%
 - Fever 36%
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus ... - Hemolytic anemia ... Auto-Antibodies: - ANA ... Differential Diagnosis and ... #differential #rheumatology
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology
 • Lupus (SLE): ANA (anti-nuclear antibody), dsDNA (double-stranded DNA), Anti-Smith, Anti-Ro (SSA) and
Autoantibodies in Rheumatology ... • Lupus (SLE): ... ANA (anti-nuclear ... glycoprotein I (ß2GP), Lupus ... Autoantibodies #Rheumatology
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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pattern: - SjS ... Raynaud phenomenon, SjS ... PBC/SSc OS, PBC/SjS ... polar: - SLE, SjS ... differential #diagnosis #rheumatology
Pancytopenia - Differential Diagnosis

Congenital Diseases:
• GATA2 deficiency
• Fanconi’s anemia
• Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
• Ribosomopathy or telomeropathy

Cancer:
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma

Inflammatory
deficiency • Fanconi’s anemia ... Inflammatory and ... Diseases: • Systemic lupus ... Differential #Diagnosis #Hematology
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
, Drug-induced Lupus ... Speckled: Systemic lupus ... Sjogren's Syndrome (SS ... , Drug-Induced Lupus ... #patterns #rheumatology
Antinuclear antibodies and Systemic lupus
Anti-dsDNA	60-80%	Association with disease activity (when with Farr assay) and lupus nephritis. Can
Systemic lupus ... lupus nephritis ... 30-40% Target: SS-A ... neonatal lupus ... erythematosus #diagnosis #rheumatology