Coexistence of antinucleosome and anti–double-stranded DNA antibodies is associated with severe systemic lupus erythematosus in Tunisian patients
Patients with both anti-NCS and anti-dsDNA at the time of diagnosis are likely to have severe SLE, while anti-NCS was associated with nonsevere disease in patients with SLE who lack anti-dsDNA.
Authors
- M. Jguirim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4028-619X)
- Nabil Sakly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1366-1102)
- Mohsen Azizi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3203-5473)
- Mourad Elghali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6900-1712)
- S. Hammami
Institutions
- University of Monastir (TN)
- Hospital Fatuma Bourguiba Monastir (TN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Laboratory Medicine
- Published
- 2025-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/labmed/lmaf002
- Primary Topic
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00