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Query: UMLS:C0024141 (
systemic lupus erythematosus
)
44,322
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
The lupus erythematosus (LE) cell test (synonyms: LE prep, LE phenomenon;
CPT
No. 85544, LE Cell Prep) is a diagnostic test for
systemic lupus erythematosus
(
SLE
) that is based on an in vitro immunologic reaction between the patient's autoantibodies to nuclear antigens and damaged nuclei in the testing medium. It is subject to numerous experimental variables and dependent on subjective interpretation. It should be abandoned in favor of more definitive, quantitative immunologic tests for this condition.
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PMID:Practice parameter--the lupus erythematosus cell test. An obsolete test now superseded by definitive immunologic tests. 761 Nov 74
