Anti-SmD1 antibodies are associated with renal disorder, seizures, and pulmonary arterial hypertension in Chinese patients with active SLE

Abstract Detection of autoantibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) plays an important role in timely diagnosis and earlier treatment of SLE. In this study, we used a SmD1 polypeptide-based ELISA to determine anti-SmD1 antibody in 269 SLE, including100 naïve (had not been treated with steroid...

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Main Authors: Chaojun Hu, Mengtao Li, Jian Liu, Junyan Qian, Dong Xu, Shulan Zhang, Ping Li, Jiulang Zhao, Xinping Tian, Xiaofeng Zeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08099-3