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Anti-dsDNA-NcX ELISA: dsDNA-loaded nucleosomes improve diagnosis and monitoring of disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus

Robert Biesen1, Cornelia Dähnrich2, Anke Rosemann2, Fidan Barkhudarova1, Thomas Rose1, Olga Jakob1, Anne Bruns1, Marina Backhaus1, Winfried Stöcker2, Gerd-Rüdiger Burmester1, Wolfgang Schlumberger2, Karl Egerer1 and Falk Hiepe1*

1 Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Chariteplatz 1, Berlin D-10117, Germany

2 EUROIMMUN Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG, Seekamp 31, Lübeck D-23560, Germany

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Arthritis Research & Therapy 2011, 13:R26 doi:10.1186/ar3250

Published: 10 February 2011

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Supplementary Table S1. Characterization of SLE patients. SLEDAI, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index; 1Number of patients with fully accessible SLEDAI 2000 data [25]; 2SACQ, serologically active clinical quiescent.

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