Detection of Ro/SS-A antibodies in lupus erythematosus: What does it mean for the dermatologist?

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 385-394

  Böckle, Barbara C ^a   Stanarevic, Gunda ^a   Sepp, Norbert T ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

internal organ involvement; lupus erythematosus; lupus erythematosus nonspecific cutaneous manifestations; lupus erythematosus specific cutaneous manifestations; Ro SS A antibody

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; RO ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOPENIA; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MYALGIA; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SKIN LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, CUTANEOUS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 84873711612     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2012.09.024     Document Type: Article

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