Abstracts tagged "autoantibodies and laboratory tests"

Abstract Number: 773 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Clinical Evaluation of Patients with Positive Antibodies to Extractable Nuclear Antigens but Negative ANA
Megan L. Krause¹, Michael Ettore², Melissa R. Snyder³, Cynthia S. Crowson⁴ and Kevin G. Moder¹, ¹Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ³Laboratory Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: In the setting of a negative ANA, antibodies to extractable nuclear antigens (ENA) should be correspondingly negative, but alternative clinical scenarios occasionally arise. This…