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[105], Included with anti-Sm, SSA, and SSB in the ENA profile; may indicate mixed connective-tissue disease with overlap SLE, scleroderma, and myositis, IgG/IgM variants measured with ELISA are among the antiphospholipid antibodies used to screen for antiphospholipid antibody syndrome and pertinent in SLE diagnosis, Multiple tests (eg, direct Russell viper venom test) to screen for inhibitors in the clotting cascade in antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, Coombs test–positive anemia to denote antibodies on RBCs, Drug-induced lupus ANA antibodies are often of this type (eg, with procainamide or hydralazine; p-ANCA–positive in minocycline-induced drug-induced lupus). Arthritis Rheum. Advances in understanding the underlying pathogenetic mechanisms are contributing new insights that hold promise for translation into improved clinical care in the future. The overall aim of therapy is to control disease activity. 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