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As a result of prolonged exposure to the sun a 20-year-old patient has developed low-grade fever, pain and swelling in the knee and ankle joints, erythema on her face and nose bridge, leukopenia and accelerated ESR. She has been provisionally diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus. What pathognomonic laboratory data may confirm this diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Anaemia
  2. C-reactive protein
  3. Lymphocytosis
  4. Accelerated ESR
  5. Antinuclear factor
Correct answer

Antinuclear factor

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