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Antinuclear Antibodies in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis Treated or Not with Biologics. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
With the emergence of biotherapies, accurate diagnosis in early arthritis is needed. At this time, there is no biological marker of psoriatic arthritis.To test whether antinuclear antibodies (ANA) can be used as a diagnostic tool in psoriatic arthritis ...
Florent Silvy, Daniel Bertin, Nathalie Bardin, Isabelle Auger, Marie-Caroline Guzian, Jean-Pierre Mattei, Sandrine Guis, Jean Roudier, Nathalie Balandraud   +8 more
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Diagnostic and Clinical Value of Specific Autoantibodies against Kelch-like 12 Peptide and Nuclear Envelope Proteins in Patients with Primary Biliary Cholangitis

Biomedicines, 2022
Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is a chronic autoimmune liver disease characterized by the presence of antimitochondrial and antinuclear antibodies in patients’ serum.
Alicja Bauer, Andrzej Habior, Damian Gawel   +2 more
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Antimitochindrial and antinuclear antibodies in primary biliary cholangitis [PDF]

Ķazaķstannyṇ Klinikalyķ Medicinasy, 2019
In this work we reviewed the key antimitochondrial and antinuclear antibodies in primary biliary cholangitis – an autoimmune cholestatic disorder with destruction of intralobular biliary ductules.
Dana Saipiyeva, Manarbek Askarov, Turlybek Tuganbekov, Kulsara Rustemova, Vladimir Grigorevsky, Gulmira Dossatayeva, Nina Tostanovskaya   +6 more
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A study of clinical manifestations and their association with antinuclear antibodies in various autoimmune connective tissue disorders

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2023
Background: Autoimmune connective tissue diseases (AICTD) present with a myriad of clinical manifestations, including cutaneous. These disorders occur because of immune dysregulation that produces autoantibodies targeting connective tissue and internal ...
Rupa D Kondeti, K Venkatesh, D. V S. B Rama Murthy, Swapna Kameti, K Sri Devi, K V Chandrika   +5 more
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Can Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA) be Monoclonal?

Case Reports in Nephrology, 2021
Background. Nuclear staining by immunofluorescence in a kidney biopsy is often seen in patients with positive antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in the serum. These ANA are usually polyclonal, but herein we report 9 cases with an unusual finding of monoclonal ...
Laura Biederman, Anjali A. Satoskar, Mohankumar Doraiswamy, Samir Parikh, Brad Rovin, Brian Mussio, Galina Mikhalina, Sergey V. Brodsky   +7 more
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Antimelanocyte antibodies: A possible role in patients with vitiligo

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2020
Background: Vitiligo is an acquired depigmenting skin disorder with multifactorial pathogenesis including genetic, autoimmune, and neuronal factors. Both humoral- and cell-mediated immunities are supposed to have a role in the pathogenesis of vitiligo ...
Maha A El-Gayyar, Manal E Helmy, Eman R Amer, Moustafa A Elsaied, Mohammad A Gaballah   +4 more
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Applying Choosing Wisely: Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) and Sub-Serology Testing in a Safety Net Hospital System. [PDF]

, 2015
ObjectiveIn 2013, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) participated in the Choosing Wisely campaign and devised a recommendation to avoid testing antinuclear antibody (ANA) subserologies without a positive ANA and clinical suspicion of disease. The
Davis, Lisa Anne, Goldstein, Barbara, Hirsh, Joel, Keniston, Angela, Storfa, Amy, Tran, Vivian, Yazdany, Jinoos, Zell, JoAnn   +7 more
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Do we need broad immunological work-up in all patients with CIS? [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of altered immunological tests and their clinical significance in patients with clinically isolated syndrome (CIS) suggestive of multiple sclerosis (MS). ----- PATIENTS AND METHODS:
Adamec, Ivan, Bošković, Mateja, Gabelić, Tereza, Habek, Mario, Posavec, Vanja, Radmilović, Marin, Škvorc, Ana   +6 more
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Assessment of Serum Prolactin Level in Patients Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis

مجلة بغداد للعلوم, 2015
The prolactin hormone played role in the many autoimmune disorders. To determine the importance of high levels of prolactin in triggering rheumatoid arthritis, thirty patient's women with hyperprolactinemia aged (20-45) years old have been investigated ...
Baghdad Science Journal
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Frequency of antinuclear antibodies and rheumatoid factor in healthy Turkish children

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 1999
The frequency of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) and rheumatoid factor (RF) was investigated in 118 apparently healthy children (56 male, 62 female). The mean age was 9.8 ± 2.3 years.
Özgür Kasapçopur, Fatma Özbakır, Nil Arısoy, Hüseyin İngöl, Hasan Yazıcı, Huri Özdoğan   +5 more
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