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
Algorithm - Positive Immunfluoreszence - Cytoplasmic
 
general
dense fine speckles
Jo-1
PL-7, PL-12
Dermatomyositis
ribosomal RNP
SLE, MCTD
SRP
Myositis
fibrillar
Aktin
MCTD, CAH, PBC
Autoimmune hepatitis
Vimentin
Chronic inflammatory diseases
segmental
a-actinin, Vinculin
Myasthenia gravis, Crohn's dis., Ulcerative colitis
special organelles
Mitochondria (M2)
PBC
Lysosomes
Golgi apparatus
SLE
Centrioles
Spindle apparatus
NuMA
MIDBODY
CENP-F (p330)
CANCER