Lupus Erythematosus Cells in Bone Marrow: The Only Clue to a Previously Unsuspected Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus | Zendy

Mukta Pujani | Zendy; Shivani Kushwaha | Zendy; Neha Sethi | Zendy; Anu Beniwal | Zendy; Shailaja Shukla | Zendy

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Lupus Erythematosus Cells in Bone Marrow: The Only Clue to a Previously Unsuspected Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Author(s) -

Mukta Pujani,

Shivani Kushwaha,

Neha Sethi,

Anu Beniwal,

Shailaja Shukla

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

acta cytologica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.513

H-Index - 57

eISSN - 1938-2650

pISSN - 0001-5547

DOI - 10.1159/000354966

Subject(s) - medicine , anti nuclear antibody , bone marrow , pathology , systemic lupus erythematosus , lupus erythematosus , cytology , systemic disease , immunology , antibody , lupus anticoagulant , connective tissue disease , disease , autoimmune disease , autoantibody

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune multisystem disease characterized by the development of antinuclear antibodies. Nowadays considered outdated, lupus erythematosus (LE) cell preparation served as a screening test for SLE for decades. However, the importance of discovering LE cells on routine cytology cannot be overemphasized.

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