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Volume 2003, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 0253-8253
  • EISSN: 2227-0426

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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  • Article Type: Case Report
Keyword(s): ANAdsDNA and SLE
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