Detection of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs): a multicentre European Vasculitis Study Group (EUVAS) evaluation of the value of indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) versus antigen-specific immunoassays

Jan Damoiseaux; Elena Csernok; Niels Rasmussen; Frank Moosig; Pieter van Paassen; Bo Baslund; Pieter Vermeersch; Daniel Blockmans; Jan-Willem Cohen Tervaert; Xavier Bossuyt

doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209507

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Detection of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCAs): a multicentre European Vasculitis Study Group (EUVAS) evaluation of the value of indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) versus antigen-specific immunoassays

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Jan Damoiseaux Central Diagnostic Laboratory, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Elena Csernok Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Klinikum Bad Bramstedt, Bad Bramstedt, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Niels Rasmussen Department of Autoimmune Serology, Statens Seruminstitute, Copenhagen, Denmark PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Frank Moosig Rheumazentrum Schleswig-Holstein Mitte, Neumünster, Germany PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Pieter van Paassen Department of Internal Medicine, Section Nephrology and Immunology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bo Baslund Department of Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Pieter Vermeersch Clinical Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Daniel Blockmans Clinical Department of General Internal Medicine, Research Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Clinical Infectious and Inflammatory Disorders, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jan-Willem Cohen Tervaert Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Xavier Bossuyt Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Xavier Bossuyt, Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, Leuven 3000, Belgium; Xavier.Bossuyt{at}uzleuven.be

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Damoiseaux J, Csernok E, Rasmussen N, et al

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2017;76:647-653.

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Received March 8, 2016
Accepted July 12, 2016
First published August 1, 2016.

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March 10, 2017

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