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The lupus band test—Positive correlation with severity of renal disease

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Immunofluorescent studies were performed on the clinically normal skin of 16 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus involving the kidney to detect the presence of immune deposits at the dermal-epidermal junction—positive lupus band test (L.B.T.). Our results suggest a significant correlation between L.B.T. positivity and degree of clinical activity, presence of active nephritis, and a more severe histological pattern of lupus nephritis.

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  1. S. O'Neill

    Present address: T.C.D. Medical School Buildings, St. James Hospital, James Street, Dublin 8

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  1. Departments of Renal Medicine and Pathology, The Charitable Infirmary, Jervis Street, Dublin 1

    S. O'Neill, J. F. Walker, W. A. Tanner, O. Browne, E. Campbell, G. D. Doyle, J. Donohoe, M. Carmody & W. F. O'Dwyer

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O'Neill, S., Walker, J.F., Tanner, W.A. et al. The lupus band test—Positive correlation with severity of renal disease. Ir J Med Sci 152, 91–93 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02961037

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