Abstracts tagged "activity score and anti-dsDNA"

Abstract Number: 1680 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Serum Calprotectin in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Is It a Good Activity Biomarker?
Jordi Camins Fàbregas¹, Melania Martinez-Morillo¹, Laia Gifre¹, Susana Holgado¹, Lourdes Mateo², Maria Aparicio¹, Anne Riveros², Ivette Casafont-Solé¹, Yaiza Garcia¹, Agueda Prior³, Aina Teniente-Serra⁴, Eva Martínez-Cáceres⁴ and Alejandro Olivé-Marqués², ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Immunology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Clinical manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and infections sometimes are difficult to distinguish. In clinical practice low complement and anti(ds)DNA levels are used…