Measurement of increases in anti‐double‐stranded dna antibody levels as a predictor of disease exacerbation in systemic lupus erythematosus

Ter Borg, E. J.; Horst, G.; Hummel, E. J.; Limburg, P. C.; Kallenberg, C. G. M.

doi:10.1002/art.1780330505

Measurement of increases in anti‐double‐stranded dna antibody levels as a predictor of disease exacerbation in systemic lupus erythematosus

To evaluate the predictive power of changes in levels of antibodies to double‐stranded DNA (anti‐dsDNA) as a predictor of disease exacerbations in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), we performed a prospective study on 72 unselected patients with SLE (mean duration of study 18.5 months, range 6–3…