Lupus and phenotypes Archives - ACR Meeting Abstracts

Abstract Number: 2125 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Pleiotropy of a Positive Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) Test: A Phewas and GWAS Approach
Vivian Kawai¹, Jonathan Mosley², QiPing Feng¹, Wei-Qi Wei³, Daniel Carranza Leon², Cecilia P. Chung⁴, Andrea Ihegword² and C Michael Stein¹, ¹Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ²Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ³Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁴Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Background/Purpose: ANAs are almost always present in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but they are also present in ~12-20% of the population. A positive ANA (ANA+)…

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