A bridge between evidence-based laboratory diagnostics and research in neuroimmunology: why standardizations and guidelines matter

Diego Franciotta; Antonio Uccelli; Under the auspices of the Italian Association of Neuroimmunology (AINI)

doi:10.1007/s10072-017-3022-6

A bridge between evidence-based laboratory diagnostics and research in neuroimmunology: why standardizations and guidelines matter

Neurol Sci. 2017 Oct;38(Suppl 2):213-216. doi: 10.1007/s10072-017-3022-6.

Authors

Diego Franciotta¹, Antonio Uccelli^{2

3

4}; Under the auspices of the Italian Association of Neuroimmunology (AINI)

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Neuroimmunology, IRCCS, C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, I-27100, Pavia, Italy. diego.franciotta@mondino.it.
² Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health Unit, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
³ IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy.
⁴ Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research (CEBR), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

PMID: 29030771
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-017-3022-6

No abstract available

Keywords: Anti-myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibodies; Autoantibodies; National healthcare system; Neurological autoimmune diseases; Statistics.

Publication types

Editorial
Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Autoantibodies / metabolism*
Biomarkers / metabolism
Biomedical Research / standards*
Biomedical Research / statistics & numerical data
Clinical Laboratory Techniques / standards*
Clinical Laboratory Techniques / statistics & numerical data
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Evidence-Based Medicine / standards*
Evidence-Based Medicine / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Immune System Diseases / diagnosis*
Immune System Diseases / metabolism
Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein / immunology
Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis*
Nervous System Diseases / immunology
Practice Guidelines as Topic / standards
Quality Control

Substances

Autoantibodies
Biomarkers
Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein