Inappropriate use of commercial Antinuclear Antibody Testing in a community-based US hospital: a retrospective study

• Glavni autori: Abdul S. Mohammed (Autor), Prajwal Boddu (Autor), David Mael (Autor), Mohammed Samee (Autor), Dana Villines (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Healthcare providers use antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) to screen and diagnose patients with autoimmune diseases. In the recent years, commercial multiplex ANA kits have emerged as a convenient and fast diagnostic method. Diagnostic testing should follow sequenced algorithms: initial screen followed...