Anti-Nuclear Antibody (ANA) Negative Systemic Lupus Erythromatosus

A. Alnaqdy; M. A1 Siddiqui; E. AElagib

doi:10.5339/qmj.2003.2.23

ISSN: 0253-8253
E-ISSN: 2227-0426

oa Anti-Nuclear Antibody (ANA) Negative Systemic Lupus Erythromatosus

Authors: A. Alnaqdy¹, M. A1 Siddiqui¹, E. AElagib²
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Affiliations: ¹ ^*Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Sultan Qaboos University, Al Khod, Sultanate of Oman ² ^**Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, Al Khod, Sultanate of Oman
Source: Qatar Medical Journal, Volume 2003, Issue 2, December 2003,
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5339/qmj.2003.2.23
- Published online: 01 December 2003

Abstract

We report the diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) in an Omani lady with consistently negative antinuclear antibody (ANA) results and an anti double stranded DNA (dsDNA) titre of 1:640. The presence of a negative ANA with a high titre of dsDNA is very unusual in SLE

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Keyword(s): ANA , dsDNA and SLE

oa Anti-Nuclear Antibody (ANA) Negative Systemic Lupus Erythromatosus

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