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🌱 來自: rheumatology
connective tissue diseases
Centr, centromere; dcSSc, diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis; lcSSc, limited cSSc; IM, inflammatory myopathies; RF, rheumatoid factor; Sm, Smith (Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases, 12th ed., 2001; Lancet 2013;382:797; J Rheumatol 2015;42:558)
- Only order auto-Ab testing if clinical suspicion for CTD, the presence of auto-Ab without characteristic clinical findings ≠ diagnosis, and auto-Ab do not define a particular CTD
- Overlap syndromes may be reflected by multiple autoantibodies
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- systemic sclerosis and scleroderma disorders
- Raynaud’s phenomenon
- Inflammatory myopathies
- Sjögren’s syndrome
- mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD)