Anti-Nuclear Antibodies in Daily Clinical Practice: Prevalence in Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Care

For the diagnosis of systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARD), patients are screened for anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA). ANA, as assessed by indirect immunofluorescence (IIF), have a poor specificity. This hampers interpretation of positive results in clinical settings with low pretest probabili...

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Main Authors: Thomas Y. Avery, Mart van de Cruys, Jos Austen, Frans Stals, Jan G. M. C. Damoiseaux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Immunology Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/401739
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