Tired, aching, ANA-positive: does your patient have lupus or fibromyalgia?

Autor: Blumenthal DE; Department of Rheumatic and Immunologic Diseases, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine [Cleve Clin J Med] 2002 Feb; Vol. 69 (2), pp. 143-6, 151-2.
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.69.2.143
Abstrakt: The symptoms of fibromyalgia and lupus can be similar, but the treatments are very different. Although the antinuclear antibody (ANA) test has often been used to make the distinction, this approach has its pitfalls. This paper offers strategies for more accurate diagnosis.
Databáze: MEDLINE