Table 1.

Autoimmune conditions and chronic diseases for exclusion.

ANA related

Lupus, SLE

Sjogren's syndrome

Scleroderma, CREST

Myositis: polymyositis, dermatomyositis

Autoimmune liver disease

Primary biliary cirrhosis

Polyarteritis nodosa

Cancer now (malignancy in last 5 years approximately)

Cancer ever (only melanoma included from skin cancers)

(Active) chronic infection (hepatitis A, hepatitis C)

ANCA related

Vasculitis

Wegener's

Churg-Strauss

Polyangiitis: microscopic polyangiitis, granulomatosis polyangiitis, eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis colitis

IBD: inflammatory bowel disease (not irritable bowel syndrome: IBS)

ACGA related

Antiphosholipid syndrome

Lupus inhibitor

RHF/CCP-Ab related

Rheumatoid arthritis

Psoriatic arthritis

Ankylosing spondylitis

TTG-Ab related

Celiac disease

TPO-Ab related

Thyroid disease: Grave's disease, Hashimoto's disease

Chronic infections

Glandular fever

Ross river virus

Malaria

Dengue