Case Report
Dramatic Response of Lupus Enteritis, Nephritis, and Pancytopenia to Plasmapheresis and Rituximab
| Autoimmune workup (Table 2): |
| c3a | 0.43 G/L ↓ | Lupus anticoagulant | Negative | c4 | 0.15 G/L ↓ | Anticardiolipin IgG, IgM | Negative | p-ANCAb | Negative | Anti-dsfDNA antibody | Negative | c-ANCAc | Negative | ANAd | 2 positive nucleolar patterns | Anti-Ro | 87 ↑ | Antihistone antibody | Negative | Anti-La | 61↑ | Anti-TTGe IgA antibody | Negative | Fecal calprotectin | Negative | Antiendomysial antibody | Negative |
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aComplement-3, bperinuclear antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies, ccirculating antineutrophilic cytoplasmic antibodies, dantinuclear antibody, etissue transglutaminase antibody, fdouble stranded.
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