Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) have long been established ... providing not only a qualitative result but also valuable quantitative and pattern-specific information. The interpretation of ANA ...

The MND ANA pattern is immunomorphologically characterized ... [22] † Correlation of antinuclear antibodies with unfavorable disease course. ‡ 21 additional healthy controls tested negative.

Familiarity with the diagnostic criteria helps clinicians to recognize systemic lupus erythematosus and to subclassify this complex disease based on the pattern of target-organ manifestations. The ACR ...

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A 34-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of left ear pain with hearing loss and facial droop on the left side. Computed tomography showed a nasopharyngeal mass. A diagnosis was made.

Antinuclear antibody (ANA) autoantibodies ... Many laboratories also measure pattern or the way the test looks when viewed through a microscope. Different ANA patterns may correspond with different ...

All the patients were screened for antinuclear antibodies (ANA) by local testing ... dilution 1/400 were used which corresponded to detection of ANA with homogeneous pattern at 14 IU/mL (WHO reference ...

Detection of antinuclear and anti-Ku ... Screening for anti-Ku antibodies was performed when the fluorescence pattern was suggestive of anti-Ku, which corresponds to a fine dense granular pattern with ...

Anti-Ku autoantibodies were detected by line immunoassay (EUROLINE, Germany) and ELISA assay (Enzyme-linked Biotechnology, China) in the sera of 156 patients with anti-nuclear antibodies of ...

Elevated serum titers at screening of anti-nuclear antibodies ≥ 1:80 as determined by a central laboratory with a SLE-typical fluorescence pattern. * Currently receiving CS and/or anti-malarial ...