Abstracts tagged "autoantibodies and connective tissue diseases"

Abstract Number: 950 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Performance of Various Anti-Nuclear Antibody Methodologies in the Assessment of Autoimmune Connective Tissue Diseases
Xiaoli Deng¹, Cynthia S. Crowson², Helen Khun², Melissa R. Snyder³ and Kevin G. Moder⁴, ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³2Division of Clinical Biochemistry and Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose : The anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) is the classic biomarker associated with autoimmune connective tissue diseases (CTDs). ANA testing is often ordered as part of…