Sjögren’s disease, an autoimmune disease that mainly affects women, can be diagnosed through antibody tests and gland ...

Autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) represent a diverse group of conditions in which the immune system mistakenly targets the body’s own tissues, often affecting the musculoskeletal system and ...

If your doctor thinks you might have lupus, they may ask you to take blood tests to check for antibodies in your blood. The most common antibody test is called the antinuclear antibody (ANA) test.

More recently, the identification of new subspecificities within each anti-ENA reactivity (SSA 60 and 52; RNP 68, A and C; Sm B and D,) and the availability of technology for recombinant protein ...

Growing evidence suggests increasing frequencies of autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases, but findings are limited by the lack of systematic data and evolving approaches and definitions. This study ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Consistently positive antinuclear antibody tests at 12 ...

A very small number of people who test negative for antinuclear antibody (ANA) in the blood, which is a sign of the most common type of lupus, still have the condition. Lupus is an autoimmune disease ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although testing for antinuclear antibodies is widely viewed as an effective screening tool for lupus and other ...

Researchers have identified a promising new weapon against triple-negative breast cancer, one of the most aggressive forms of ...

Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) is a chronic, cholestatic liver disease characterized by progressive destruction of intrahepatic bile ducts, resulting in chronic cholestasis, portal inflammation and ...