Abstracts tagged "ANA and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)"

Abstract Number: 2556 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Concordance Of Indirect Immunofluorescence and Multiplex Immunoassay For Measurement Of Antinuclear Antibodies
Caroline D'Souza¹, Donald L. Kimpel², Walter Oliveira³ and Janet E. Lewis¹, ¹Rheumatology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, ²Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, ³Department of Pathology, Medical Laboratories, University of Virginia, Department of Pathology, Medical Laboratories, Charlottesville, VA
Background/Purpose: The indirect immunofluorescence assay (IIF) is the gold standard for ANA testing. However, many laboratories now use multiplex assay as an ANA screening test.…