The Missing Antibody: The Pitfalls of ANCA Testing

Am J Med. 2017 Mar;130(3):e93-e96. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2016.11.003. Epub 2016 Nov 25.

Authors

James Wingfield Digby¹, Brendan Tinwell², Joanna Sheldon³, Joe Wang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Acute Medicine, St George's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
² Department of Pathology, St George's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
³ Department of Clinical Immunology, St George's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Acute Medicine, St George's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Electronic address: joe.wang@stgeorges.nhs.uk.

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Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic / blood*
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
False Negative Reactions
Female
Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / blood
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / diagnosis*
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis / pathology
Humans
Kidney / pathology

Substances

Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic