title: [Profile of antinuclear antibodies in 14 cases of extinct systemic lupus erythematosus for more than 3 years].
abstract: In order to study the profile of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) and anticytoplasm in the clinical recovery period, we searched for ANA by 4 methods (indirect immunofluorescence on HEp-2 and Crithidia luciliae cells, double diffusion in agar against veal thymus and human spleen, immunoprint with a total extract of HeLa cells) in 14 patients with SLE extinct since more than 3 years. The population under study consisted of 12 women and 2 men, aged 43 years on average at the time of study (extremes: 28-64 years). The average lapse of time between the diagnosis of SLE and date of sampling is of 12.6 years (extremes: 3-22 years). The average remission/clinical recovery time during the study is of 8.9 years (extremes: 3-22 years). Seven patients were administered mild corticotherapy (average dose of prednisone: 4.7 mg/day). All the sera preserved ANA or anticytoplasm, distributed in the following way: presence of antinucleus: 10/14 (71.5%); average titre 40; speckled aspect: 10/10; presence of anti-DNA: 0/14; presence of anti-ECT: 2/14 (14.3%): anti-SSB 1 case, anti-RNP 1 case; positive immunoprint: 12/14 (85.7%): anti-Sm 5 cases (isolated or associated), isolated anti-SSB 2 cases; isolated anti-Ro 2 cases; various unidentified 3 cases. These results suggest that the production of ANA and anticytoplasm other than anti-DNA continues during the period of clinical extinction of SLE, underlining the rarity of a complete biological recovery and the necessity of long term clinical surveillance.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Rhumatologique, Hôpital Bichat, Paris.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Molta
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Haim
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Kahn
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000906:Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000097:blood*; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear
vernacular_title: Profil des anticorps antinucléaires dans 14 cas de lupus érythémateux systémiques éteints depuis plus de trois ans.