Following a limited three-month trial period in which more than one hundred and fifty patients with lupus-like symptoms were tested for the difficult-to-diagnose disease, a new blood test for lupus is ...

Dutch investigators found a screening questionnaire might be a good tool to identify patients warranting further testing for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A new report suggests it might be ...

"At present, it can take up to a year before a patient is diagnosed with SLE. This is because the symptoms are diffuse and are often mistaken for other diseases. However, with this blood-based test, ...

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) are involved in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We sought to cluster SLE patients based on serum NET levels. Serum NET levels were higher in SLE patients than ...

Screening for cognitive impairment among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) can be challenging; however, some shorter assessments have shown promise for use in the clinical setting.

AMPEL BioSolutions announced the launch of LuGENE®, an exciting breakthrough innovation in systematic lupus erythematosus (SLE) care. LuGENE® is a new blood test designed to predict SLE flares before ...

Nearly all people who have systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) test positive for antinuclear antibody (ANA), but a small number can develop lupus without ANA, known as seronegative or ANA-negative ...

Dear Dr. Roach: What is lupus, and what does it do to your body? I just had a friend diagnosed with it after many months of tests. — T.S.B. Dear T.S.B.: The term "lupus" generally means systemic lupus ...

Autoantibodies associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are often present in patients with a variety of autoimmune diseases, affecting the diagnosis and differentiation of the diseases. In ...

Two studies have validated the clinical performance of the AVISE® Lupus test in patients with probable systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and demonstrated the superior clinical utility of the test ...