Useful for diagnosis | Useful for monitoring or prognosis |
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1) Lupus erythmatosus (LE) | 1) Juvenile chronic oligoarticular arthritis |
SLE | 2) Raynaud phenomenon |
Discoid LE | Not useful for diagnosis |
Subacute cutaneous LE | Â |
Neonatal LE | 1) Relatives of patients with CTD |
Overlap of two or more LE subsets | 2) Other autoimmune diseases (e.g., Rheumatoid arthritis, Idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura, primary biliary cirrhosis, autoimmune thyroiditis) |
Overlap of LE with other CTD | 3) Drugs (e.g., procainamide, hydralazine) |
2) SS | 4) Silicone breast implant patients |
Cutaneous SS (morphea) | 5) Fibromyalgia |
Systemic SS | 6) Chronic infections |
a) Limited disease | 7) Neoplasms |
b) Diffuse disease | 8) Elderly persons |
3) PM/Dermatomyositis | 9) Pregnant women |
4) Sjögren's syndrome (primary and secondary) | 10) Healthy persons |
5) Mixed CTD | Â |
6) Overlap and undifferentiated CTD | Â |