A decade long experience of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody testing in a tertiary care referral center in North India: Perspective from a developing country

• Main Authors: Ranjana W Minz (Author), Seema Chhabra (Author), Lekha Rani (Author), Surjit Singh (Author), Surinder K Jindal (Author), Vinay Sakhuja (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: In a developing, tropical country like India, discontinuous power supply, high temperatures during summer, and lack of consistent cold chain and funds provide a challenging atmosphere for anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) testing and reporting. However, a simple in-house test a...