International consensus on antinuclear antibody patterns: definition of the AC-29 pattern associated with antibodies to DNA topoisomerase I

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Botucatu 740, São Paulo, SP 04023-062, Brazil.
² Immunology Division, Fleury Medicine and Health Laboratories, São Paulo, Brazil, Phone/Fax: +55-11-5576-4239.
³ Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
⁴ Institute of Immunology, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
⁵ Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
⁷ Brazilian Society of Autoimmunity, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁸ Department of Clinical Nursing, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
⁹ Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Maastricht University, Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
¹⁰ Catholic University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.
¹¹ Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

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Luis E C Andrade et al. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2018.

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. 2018 Sep 25;56(10):1783-1788.

doi: 10.1515/cclm-2018-0188.

¹ Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Division, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Botucatu 740, São Paulo, SP 04023-062, Brazil.
² Immunology Division, Fleury Medicine and Health Laboratories, São Paulo, Brazil, Phone/Fax: +55-11-5576-4239.
³ Department of Internal Medicine II, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
⁴ Institute of Immunology, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
⁵ Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
⁶ Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
⁷ Brazilian Society of Autoimmunity, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
⁸ Department of Clinical Nursing, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
⁹ Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Maastricht University, Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
¹⁰ Catholic University of Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil.
¹¹ Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.

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Keywords: HEp-2 cell; antinuclear antibodies; autoantibodies; indirect immunofluorescence.

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