And unlike other diseases, doctors can't diagnose it with a single lab test. But your doctor can look at your symptoms and family history and then use lab tests to confirm a diagnosis of lupus.

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is the most common type of lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease. Symptoms include fatigue, joint pain, and rashes across your nose and cheeks. While there’s no ...

Biomarkers that reliably identify or even predict disease manifestations in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are needed. In a recent issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of ...

People who have SLE can help themselves and their new doctor by keeping a copy of their records, especially those showing how their initial doctor confirmed a diagnosis of lupus. Obtain and keep ...

Therefore, some relevant antibodies indicating the presence of SLE may not even be included in the final ANA lab reports. As a result, people who actually have lupus may be overlooked, go undiagnosed, ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease, in which the immune system that normally protects the body from invading microbes, turns against the body´s own cells. This autoimmune ...

There are four main types of LE which include systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), lupus erythematosus induced by drugs (DILE), discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) and neonatal lupus erythematosus (NLE).

Treatment for autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), idiopathic inflammatory myositis, and systemic sclerosis often involves long-term immune suppression. Resetting ...

Prolonged remission was observed in 72% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who were treated with a consistent 200 mg daily dose of hydroxychloroquine. The mean weight-adjusted ...

Both flare and persistently active disease (PAD) are common disease activity patterns in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A large prospective multinational cohort study ...