Pitfalls of antinuclear antibody detection in systemic lupus erythematosus: the positive experience of a national multicentre study

Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Jun;78(6):e50. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213516. Epub 2018 Apr 25.

Authors

Francesca Pregnolato¹, Maria Orietta Borghi^{1

2}, Pier Luigi Meroni¹; Forum Interdisciplinare per la Ricerca sulle Malattie Autoimmuni (FIRMA) Study Group

Collaborators

Forum Interdisciplinare per la Ricerca sulle Malattie Autoimmuni (FIRMA) Study Group:
Claudia Alpini, Alessia Alunno, Maria Romana Bacarelli, Andrea Doria, Sergio Finazzi, Franco Franceschini, Roberto Gerli, Anna Ghirardello, Luigi Giovannelli, Maria Grazia Giudizi, Milvia Lotzniker, Paola Migliorini, Gabriella Morozzi, Federico Pratesi, Antonella Radice, Valeria Riccieri, Amelia Ruffatti, Paola Sabatini, Giandomenico Sebastiani, Renato Alberto Sinico, Angela Tincani, Marta Tonello

Affiliations

¹ Immunorheumatology Research Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy.
² Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.

PMID: 29695499
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213516

No abstract available

Keywords: autoantibodies; autoimmune diseases; systemic lupus erythematosus.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Antinuclear*
Autoantibodies
Humans
Immunologic Tests
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic*

Substances

Antibodies, Antinuclear
Autoantibodies