Antibodies to native DMA and serum complement (C3) levels: Application to diagnosis and classification of systemic lupus erythematosus
A Weinstein, B Bordwell, B Stone, C Tibbetts… - The American journal of …, 1983 - Elsevier
The sensitivity and specificity of the presence of antibodies to native DNA and low serum C3
levels were investigated in a prospective study in 98 patients with systemic lupus
erythematosus who were followed for a mean of 38.4 months. Hospitalized patients, patients
with other connective tissue diseases, and subjects without any disease served as the
control group. Seventy-two percent of the patients with systemic lupus erythematosus had a
high DNA-binding value (more than 33 percent) initially, and an additional 20 percent had a …
levels were investigated in a prospective study in 98 patients with systemic lupus
erythematosus who were followed for a mean of 38.4 months. Hospitalized patients, patients
with other connective tissue diseases, and subjects without any disease served as the
control group. Seventy-two percent of the patients with systemic lupus erythematosus had a
high DNA-binding value (more than 33 percent) initially, and an additional 20 percent had a …