Assigning likelihood ratios to immunoblot assay results: A clinical approach in autoimmune reporting

Autoimmun Rev. 2020 Oct;19(10):102635. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2020.102635. Epub 2020 Aug 13.

Authors

Maria Infantino¹, Mariangela Manfredi², Teresa Carbone³, Onelia Bistoni⁴, Sabrina Cipriani⁴, Roberto Gerli⁴, Nicola Bizzaro⁵

Affiliations

¹ Laboratorio Immunologia Allergologia, Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio, Firenze, Italy. Electronic address: maria2.infantino@uslcentro.toscana.it.
² Laboratorio Immunologia Allergologia, Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio, Firenze, Italy.
³ IReL - Istituto Reumatologico Lucano, Azienda Ospedaliera San Carlo, Potenza, Italy.
⁴ Reumatologia, Università degli Studi¸Perugia, Italy.
⁵ Laboratorio di Patologia Clinica, Ospedale San Antonio, Tolmezzo, Italy.

PMID: 32801036
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2020.102635

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Autoantibodies / analysis*
Autoantibodies / immunology
Autoimmune Diseases / diagnosis*
Autoimmune Diseases / immunology
Humans
Immunoblotting / methods*
Likelihood Functions*
Sensitivity and Specificity

Substances

Autoantibodies