The antinuclear antibody (ANA) test has high sensitivity in diagnosing and classifying systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).#To describe the immunological pattern of SLE patients through investigating specific antinuclear autoantibodies by enzyme dot immunoassay and studying their frequency in both positive ...
a) Homogeneous pattern on IFA b) Most commonly seen in drug-induced lupus c) In drug-induced lupus there is not normally n association with other autoantibodies 15 Anti-Nuclear Antibody (ANA) 4) Anti-RNP antibodies (Speckled or Nucleolar Pattern) ...
The falsely detected positive samples were all of low titer (1:80). System A found 157 and System B 156 patterns in agreement to the target pattern. From 80 negative samples system A detected 73 and system B 71 samples correctly.ConclusionsBoth systems resulted in an overall sensitivity >95...