Most people with lupus have antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) in their blood. But a positive ANA test doesn’t always mean lupus. The test can be positive in people with other autoimmune illnesses — ...

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Nearly all people who have systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) test positive for antinuclear antibody (ANA), but a small number can develop lupus without ANA, known as seronegative or ANA-negative ...

This test had 86% accuracy for distinguishing active lupus nephritis from all other lupus patients. Utilizing the ALCAM biomarkers discovered by Mohan, Richard Willson, Huffington-Woestemeyer ...

Renal function testing is underused to diagnose and manage lupus nephritis. Appropriate testing may help reduce disease progression and the associated worsening of outcomes. Investigators analysed ...

Uniquely identified ~25% of the SLE patients who would otherwise be missed by conventional markers Demonstrated superior diagnostic accuracy compared with conventional testing, supporting earlier, ...

Improvement in results on a noninvasive urinary biomarker panel at 3 months among patients with lupus nephritis predicted a clinical response at 1 year. A noninvasive urinary biomarker panel predicts ...

ImmunArray, a molecular diagnostic company operating in Richmond and Rehovot, Israel, is making a name for itself in detecting disease and brain injury. In October the company rolled out a blood test ...

Lupus is an autoimmune disease that currently doesn’t have a cure. Even if genetic abnormalities are present, research shows they’re normally not enough to cause lupus. Instead, environmental factors ...

If you live in the United States, odds are high that a tiny passenger rides in your blood. By adulthood, more than 94 percent of people carry Epstein-Barr virus, or EBV, a germ that often spreads ...

Lupus can affect multiple parts of your body, including your blood vessels. When they become inflamed, that’s called vasculitis. Vasculitis isn’t the most common complication of lupus. But anyone with ...