XLIX - Systemic/Distant conditions, syndromes and reactions
Autoimmunity-Autoimmune conditions (+ANA, +anti-ds-DNA, +ANCAs, other auto-Abs)
Last update 07/03/2021
Corresponds to circulating autoantibodies (ANA, anti-dsDNA, multispecific ANCA). Titers can be very high and/or multispecific and tend to diminish in a few weeks or months upon drug discontinuance. Autoimmunity can be asymptomatic or is with various clinical presentations including pulmonary vascultis or hemorrhage (PMID 20015613). See also under patterns IIIa, IIIb, IIId, Vd, VId, and Xb, d, h, j, m, s, x, y, ac, ah, am, ao, aw, ax, ay