Positive disease-specific autoantibodies have limited clinical significance in diagnosing IgG4-related disease in daily clinical practice.
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DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa783
Abstract: OBJECTIVES The 2019 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) have exclusion criteria including positive disease-specific autoantibodies, and these have been documented to have a high specificity. This study aimed to further validate these criteria… read more here.
Keywords: disease specific; igg4; specific autoantibodies; disease ... See more keywords
Double-positive with positive anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody and ANCA-positive disease in a patient with dermatomyositis
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DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2018-224475
Abstract: Approximately one in four patients (23.3%) with inflammatory myositis including dermatomyositis can require evaluation for acute kidney injury. The main cause of kidney injury is acute tubular necrosis from medications or myoglobinuria, though clinicians should… read more here.
Keywords: double positive; antibody; anti glomerular; dermatomyositis ... See more keywords