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Table 3 Specific Subsets (Positive predictive value shown in Parentheses)

From: Antibodies to histone in the pediatric population: a retrospective chart review

Subset

Number

Rheumatologic Diagnosis

Systemic Lupus

Drug Induced Lupus

JIA(nonsystemic)

Other

Autoantibodies

Present**

18

14(0.778)

10(0.566)

1(0.0556)

1(0.0556)

Weak + antihistone***, ANA negative, no other Autoantibodies**

34

10(0.294)

0

1(0.029)

5(0.147)

  1. **SSA, SSB, Chromatin, Double Stranded DNA, Smith, RNP
  2. ***Anti-histone titer 1.0-1.5