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Table 2 Current use of immunological methods for the detection of autoantibodies in clinical laboratories

From: Automation in indirect immunofluorescence testing: a new step in the evolution of the autoimmunology laboratory

Autoantibody

IIF

IMA

ANA

+++

+

Anti-dsDNA

+++

+++

Anti-ENA

–

+++

AMA

+++

+++

PCA

+++

++

ASMA

+++

++

ACA

+++

−/+

APA

++

–

ATA

–

+++

EmA

++

+++

ICA

+

+++

ASA

+++

+

ASCA

+

+++

ANCA

+++

++

  1. IIFindirect immunofluorescence, IMAimmunometric assays, ANAantinuclear antibodies, ENAextractable nuclear antibodies, AMAanti-mitochondrial antibodies, PCAparietal cells antibodies, ACAadrenal cortex antibodies, APAanti-pituitary antibodies, ATAanti-thyroid antibodies, EmAanti-endomysial antibodies, ICAislet cells antibodies, ASAanti-skin antibodies, ASCAanti-Saccharomyces cerevisiae antibodies, ANCAanti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies
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