Anti-Nuclear Antibodies#Related Articles

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Parent topics[edit]

• Autoimmune disease [r]: Disorders that are characterized by the production of antibodies that react with host tissues or immune effector cells that are autoreactive to endogenous peptides. ^[e]
• Rheumatology [r]: Medical specialty that deals with the study, diagnosis, and treatment of connective tissue diseases; a subspecialty of internal medicine ^[e]

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Diseases with elevated antibodies[edit]

• Systemic lupus erythematosus [r]: Connective tissue disorder, that primarily affect women of childbearing age, have a variety of clinical forms, and are characterized by red scaly skin lesions. ^[e]
• Scleroderma [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mixed connective tissue disease [r]: Either an overlap syndrome or distinct disease entity, with overlapping clinical features of scleroderma, systemic lupus erythematosus, polymyositis, and Raynaud's phenomenon ^[e]
• Polymyositis and dermatomysitis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Rheumatoid arthritis [r]: A chronic, inflammatory autoimmune disorder that causes the immune system to attack the joints. ^[e]
• Rheumatoid vasculitis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sjogren's syndrome [r]: Chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disease in which the salivary and lacrimal glands undergo progressive destruction by lymphocytes and plasma cells resulting in decreased production of saliva and tears. The primary form, often called sicca syndrome, involves both keratoconjunctivitis sicca and xerostomia. The secondary form includes, in addition, the presence of a connective tissue disease, usually rheumatoid arthritis. ^[e]
• Drug-induced lupus [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Discoid lupus [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Pauciarticular juvenile chronic arthritis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hashimoto's thyroiditis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Graves' disease [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Autoimmune hepatitis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Primary autoimmunie cholangitis [r]: Add brief definition or description%
• Primary pulmonary hypertension [r]: Add brief definition or description

Specific clinical tests[edit]

• Anti-single-stranded DNA antibodies [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Antihistone antibodies [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Anti-centromere antibodies [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Anti-Smith antibodies [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Anti-ribonucleoprotein antibodies [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Antiphospholipid antibodies [r]: Add brief definition or description

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Articles related by keyphrases (Bot populated)[edit]

• Arthritis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Yersinia pestis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Mixed connective tissue disease [r]: Either an overlap syndrome or distinct disease entity, with overlapping clinical features of scleroderma, systemic lupus erythematosus, polymyositis, and Raynaud's phenomenon ^[e]
• Connective tissue disease [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Systemic lupus erythematosus [r]: Connective tissue disorder, that primarily affect women of childbearing age, have a variety of clinical forms, and are characterized by red scaly skin lesions. ^[e]