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Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
their Disease Associations ... common in SLE, autoimmune ... microsomal) - Autoimmune ... Autoantibodies #Associations ... #table #rheumatology
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
of life Causes and ... clinical associations ... Autoimmune diseases ... Urticaria #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #comparison #table
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM's)

RASH + MUSCLE WEAKNESS → Consider idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM's)

 • Overlap Myositis
inflammatory myopathy ... that occurs in association ... features of another autoimmune ... connective tissue disease ... IIMs #diagnosis #rheumatology
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Autoimmune Myositis ... RP-ILD), dermato-rheumatologic ... -1 antibodies (ANA ... (also seen in association ... #rheumatology #