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A 29-year-old women visited her doctor after experiencing joint pain and stiffness in the mornings for several months. A blood test for antiphospholipid antibody was ordered and came back positive. Results from other blood tests revealed elevated titers of serum IgG and antibodies specific for ribonucleoproteins. A urine test was positive for protein.

the most likely diagnosis :-

A) Graves Disease
B) Multiple Sclerosis
C) Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (type I)
D) Rheumatoid Arthritis
E) Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
F) Myasthenia Gravis
G) Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
H) Hashimoto's Thyroiditis
I) Goodpasture's syndrome


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G ?

  #3

Hmmm.. would have been difficult had one choice been MCTD..
But given the choices... G nod

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g

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cant be d?


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keepgoing wrote:
cant be d?

i don't think there ll be renal problem in D.. unless the proteinuria is drug induced.

and another factor is the antibody tests.

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G the symptoms described are characteristic of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). This is a systemic autoimmune disorder which predominantly affects women, in which antibodies to multiple intracellular components such as DNA, phospholipids, and ribonucleoproteins are formed. Complexes of these intracellular antigens and auto-antibody deposit in sites such as the kidney (causing damage measured as protein in the urine), and the joints (causing inflammation and pain).


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