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How do you approach a patient with high titer ANA and a new diagnosis of ITP, but no other signs or symptoms suggestive of active rheumatologic disease?

Patient with +ANA 1:2560 for >10 years; rest of serologies are negative. Complements are normal. Negative dsDNA. Antiphospholipid labs are negative...

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For patients with SLE, is there an ANC level for which you would hold or adjust hydroxychloroquine in an asymptomatic patient?

UpToDate recommends Hydroxychloroquine for all SLE patients, but neutropenia is sometimes ascribed to HCQ rather than the underlying disease. What lev...

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How do you approach evaluation for underlying rheumatologic disease in patients with chronic asymptomatic thrombocytopenia?

Thrombocytopenia is moderate (80-100,000 microL). No concomitant cytopenias present.

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Autoimmunity reviews, 2018 Apr 07

Antinuclear antibodies: Is the indirect immunofluorescence still the gold standard or should be replaced by solid phase assays?

International immunopharmacology, 2023 Jul 26

Characteristics and treatment responses of immune thrombocytopenia in patients with primary Sjögren syndrome.

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