Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Early recognition of conditions such as drug-induced lupus overlapping with vasculitis is crucial. Part of ...

An ANA report has three parts: (1) a positive or negative result; (2) if positive, what the titer is; and (3) the pattern of fluorescence. ANA patterns. Titers and patterns can vary between laboratory ...

Dear Dr. Roach • I was started on hydralazine while in the hospital in October and required a large dose in addition to my other two medicines for hypertension. I felt terrible when I went home, and ...

Lupus is considered a common disease that impacts millions of people worldwide. Until recently, the cause of this disease was unknown. However, in a study released this week, researchers may have made ...

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 — ...

Lupus is an autoimmune disease that is chronic in nature and tends to confuse us as laymen due to its multi-symptom approach. In contrast to bacterial or viral infections, lupus occurs when the immune ...

(Reuters) - An experimental lupus drug made by Human Genome Sciences under the brand name Benlysta helped more than half of the patients who tried it, making it the first new drug in decades to show ...