U.C.L.A. Rheumatology Pathophysiology of Disease Course Lecture,
Second Year Medical School 1997

  
 
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

 

About 95% of patients carry the positive blood test for anti-nuclear antibodies. This is present in only a small percentage of normal individuals (3-5%).

  
Figure 12. Immunofluorescence demonstrating antibodies attaching to nuclei.
   
 
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