Introduction
Autoimmune diseases
Autoantibodies - Introduction
Autoantibodies - Determination
 
Autoantibodies
Rheumatoid Factor
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
Specific Antibodies
Anti-neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies
(ANCA)
Anti-phospholipid Antibodies
Anti-mitochondrial Antibodies (AMA)
Anti-endothelial Cell Antibodies (AECA)
Anti CCP antibodies
Antibodies against DNases
 
Quality Assurance
 
Reference ranges
 
Algorithm
ANA and incidence of diseases
Proposed stepwise diagnosis scheme
Positive Immunoflourescence -
Nucleoplasmic
Positive Immunoflourescence - Nucleolar
Positive Immunoflourescence -
Cytoplasmic
Type of autoimmune diseases
Conditions associated with antinuclear
antibodies (ANA)
 
Slide show
 
References
 
Collaborators
Anti-endothelial Cell Antibodies (AECA) - Clinical significance


1)
Physiologic changes in the concentration of Anti-endothelial Cell Antibodies (AECA)
2)
Pathologic changes in the concentration Anti-endothelial Cell Antibodies (AECA)

a)
Increased Anti-endothelial Cell Antibodies (AECA) in:
Primary vasculitides (Kawasaki syndrome, Wegener’s granulomatosis)
Secondary vasculitides (vasculitis associated with RA, SLE, etc.)
SLE
Systemic vasculitis

Reference values
dependent on method: negative