Question 83 · LEK · Systemic lupus erythematosus
The presence of which antibodies is not one of the immunological criteria of the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus?
- A. anti-native DNA.
- B. anti-Sm.
- C. anti-cardiolipin.
- D. against Chlamydia trachomatis in high titers.
- E. antinuclear in the indirect immunofluorescence test.
Hint
SLE criteria look for autoantibodies against self-antigens; one option is a response to an external pathogen.
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