ANCA in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. A cross sectional study in Brazilian patients and review of literature

CONCLUSIONS: The ANCA prevalence found in this Brazilian sample was within the range reported in the literature and these autoantibodies were more frequent in males and in patients with vasculitis. The literature showed controversial results on the association between ANCA and SLE disease activity or clinical characteristics.PMID:38506239 | DOI:10.1177/09612033241240588

Source: Lupus - March 20, 2024 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Renato Nisihara Gabriela Vithoft Isabela Alencar Thiago Alberto F G Dos Santos Thelma Larocca Skare Source Type: research