C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN SERA FROM PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS-ERYTHEMATOSUS

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  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 8  (4) , 599-604
Abstract
A total of 190 sera from 27 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were tested by radial immunodiffusion for C-reactive protein (CRP). A total of 114 (60%) of these samples from 22 patients had detectable CRP. There was a statistically significant association between clinical activity and serum concentration of CRP in the patients who consistently recorded elevated levels. CRP did not distinguish between disease activity and coincident infection in 2 patients whose SLE was complicated by tuberculosis.

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