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Autoantibody profiles and their association with blood eosinophils in asthma and COPD

open access: yesAllergology International, 2017
Background: Autoimmune involvement in the pathogenesis of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been proposed, and autoantibodies are a hallmark of autoimmunity.
Koji Tamai   +10 more
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Overlap Syndrome: A Case Report

open access: yesKidney Medicine, 2022
Concomitant lupus nephritis and antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-positive crescentic glomerulonephritis is rare, and there is little guidance on the management and outcomes of these patients.
Jaclyn Khil   +3 more
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Antinuclear antibodies and their detection methods in diagnosis of connective tissue diseases: a journey revisited

open access: yesDiagnostic Pathology, 2009
It has been more than 50 years since antinuclear antibodies were first discovered and found to be associated with connective tissue diseases. Since then different methods have been described and used for their detection or confirmation.
Minz Ranjana   +2 more
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Understanding antinuclear antibodies

open access: yesThe Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 1991
The American College of Rheumatology (formerly the American Rheumatism Association) diagnostic criteria for connective tissue disorders frequently include positive antinuclear antibody (ANA) assays. Proper interpretation of these tests requires an understanding of the principles governing ANA assays.
R M, Pertusi, B R, Rubin
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An unusual association between anti-histone antibody seropositive SLE, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and herpetic rash: A case report

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2022
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease associated with several autoantibodies targeted to nuclear and cytoplasmic antigens. Positivity of the serum antinuclear antibody (ANA), double stranded (ds) DNA, anti-smith (sm) antibody are ...
Ajay Kumar Jha, Ashok Sunder
doaj   +1 more source

Rare Antinuclear Antibody Patterns: Relevance in Routine Laboratory Reporting [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023
Introduction: Uncommon patterns on Human Epithelial 2 (Hep 2) substrate during Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) screening by Indirect Immunofluorescence (IIF) microscopy are not routinely reported by many laboratories since their clinical relevance is not well
Vidya Bhakta
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An uncommon cause of rapidly progressive renal failure in a lupus patient: Pauci-immune crescentic glomerulonephritis

open access: yesSaudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2018
We report a case of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) who presented with rapidly progressive renal failure (RPRF) with positive antinuclear antibody (ANA) and anti-double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) antibody and active urinary sediment in the form of ...
Manish R Balwani   +5 more
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The Prevalence of Serum Anti Nuclear Antibodies in Children Treated With Anti-Epileptics

open access: yesActa Medica Iranica, 2023
To evaluate the prevalence of positive serum antinuclear antibody (ANA) in children with epilepsy using three major antiepileptic drugs (phenytoin, carbamazepine and ethosuximide), 60 children under 18 years with epilepsy who were referred to pediatric ...
Parvaneh Karimzadeh   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Russian-language adaptation of the international nomenclature of International Consensus on Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) Patterns (ICAP)

open access: yesМедицинская иммунология, 2021
Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) represent a spectrum of autoantibodies targeted for various nuclear and cytoplasmic components of the cells. Indirect immunofluorescence assay (IIF) is the main detection method for “antinuclear factor”.
O. Yu. Tkachenko   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Polyarthritis due to systemic lupus erythematosus in a dog

open access: yesArquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, 2013
A five year old male mongrel dog was presented for medical consultation with a history of arthralgia. Complete blood count revealed linfopenia and neutropenia, antinuclear antibody was positive at 1:1,256, and synovial fluid analysis showed inflammatory ...
R.M. Krüger   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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