Fig. 1From: Cytomegalovirus as a potential trigger for systemic lupus erythematosus: a case reportDisease course in the reported case. The course of lupus progression can be seen to correlate with anti-cytomegalovirus immunoglobulin G levels and, subsequently, with increasing immunoglobulin G levels. ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, CMV cytomegalovirus, ds DNA double-stranded DNA, GCV ganciclovir, IgG immunoglobulin G, IgM immunoglobulin M, MP methylprednisolone, ND not documentedBack to article page