International recommendations for the assessment of autoantibodies to cellular antigens referred to as anti-nuclear antibodies

Nancy Agmon-Levin; Jan Damoiseaux; Cees Kallenberg; Ulrich Sack; Torsten Witte; Manfred Herold; Xavier Bossuyt; Lucille Musset; Ricard Cervera; Aresio Plaza-Lopez; Carlos Dias; Maria José Sousa; Antonella Radice; Catharina Eriksson; Olof Hultgren; Markku Viander; Munther Khamashta; Stephan Regenass; Luis Eduardo Coelho Andrade; Allan Wiik; Angela Tincani; Johan Rönnelid; Donald B Bloch; Marvin J Fritzler; Edward K L Chan; I Garcia-De La Torre; Konstantin N Konstantinov; Robert Lahita; Merlin Wilson; Olli Vainio; Nicole Fabien; Renato Alberto Sinico; Pierluigi Meroni; Yehuda Shoenfeld

doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203863

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International recommendations for the assessment of autoantibodies to cellular antigens referred to as anti-nuclear antibodies

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Nancy Agmon-Levin The Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jan Damoiseaux Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Cees Kallenberg Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ulrich Sack University Leipzig, Institute for Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Leipzig, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Torsten Witte Department of Clinic for Immunology and Rheumatology, Medical School, Hanover, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Manfred Herold Department of Internal Medicine 1, Rheumatology Unit, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Xavier Bossuyt Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lucille Musset Immunology Department, GH Pitie-Salpêtriere, Paris, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ricard Cervera Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Aresio Plaza-Lopez Servicio de Inmunología, Hospital Universitario Pueta de Hierro. Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Carlos Dias Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Medicine Department, S. João Hospital, Porto, Portugal PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Maria José Sousa Autoimmunity and PreNatal Diagnostic Laboratory Unit, Fernando Fonseca Hospital, Porto, Portugal PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Antonella Radice Institute of Microbiology, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale San carlo Borromeo, Milano, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Catharina Eriksson Department of Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Immunology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Olof Hultgren Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Immunology, University Hospital of Orebro and Orebro University, Orebro, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Markku Viander Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Munther Khamashta Lupus Research Laboratory Division of Women's Health, King's College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Stephan Regenass Klinik für Immunologie, DIA UniversitätsSpital, Zürich, Switzerland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Luis Eduardo Coelho Andrade Rheumatology Division, Universidade Federal de São Paulo’, Sao Paulo, Brazil PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Allan Wiik Department of Clinical Chemistry and Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen S, Denmark PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Angela Tincani Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Science, Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Johan Rönnelid Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Donald B Bloch Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Harvard, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Marvin J Fritzler Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Edward K L Chan Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
I Garcia-De La Torre Department Immunology and Rheumatology, Hospital General de Occidente and University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jal, Mexico PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Konstantin N Konstantinov Medicine/Rheumatology, UNM School of Medicine, New Mexico, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Robert Lahita Medicine and VP, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center UMDNJ, Newark, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Merlin Wilson LSU School of Medicine, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Olli Vainio Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Diagnostics, University of Oulu and NordLab Oulu, Oulu, Finland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Nicole Fabien Department of Immunology, CH Lyon Sud, Pierre-Benite, France PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Renato Alberto Sinico Clinical Immunology Unit and Renal Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale San carlo Borromeo, Milano, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Pierluigi Meroni Division of Rheumatology, Ist G. Pini, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, University of Milan, Milan, Italy PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Yehuda Shoenfeld The Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Incumbent of the Laura Schwarz-Kip Chair for Research of Autoimmune Diseases, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Yehuda Shoenfeld, Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer 52621, Israel; shoenfel{at}post.tau.ac.il

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Agmon-Levin N, Damoiseaux J, Kallenberg C, et al

International recommendations for the assessment of autoantibodies to cellular antigens referred to as anti-nuclear antibodies

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2014;73:17-23.

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Received April 30, 2013
Revised August 9, 2013
Accepted September 20, 2013
First published October 14, 2013.

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