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Two cases of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with autoimmune hepatitis are reported. Both patients had a mild form of SLE without central nervous system or renal involvement and showed a rapid response to corticosteroid therapy. Neither of them had antibodies to mitochondria, smooth muscle, and liver/kidney microsome-1 related to autoimmune hepatitis. Instead, novel autoantibodies which react with transfer RNA-related antigen were detected. These autoantibodies could be a useful marker for classification of SLE associated with autoimune hepatitis.
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Satoh, T., Hirakata, M., Yoshida, T. et al. Systemic lupus erythmatosus associated with autoimmune hepatitis two cases with novel autoantibodies to transfer RNA-related antigens. Clin Rheumatol 16, 305–309 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02238968
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