Table 2 Anti-extractable nuclear antigen (ENA) antibodies in 625 patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc)
Vienna %Pécs %Florence %Niš %Ljubljana %Zurich %All%
Patients, n991457469113125625
Sm0000000
U1-snRNP22.096.211.41115.9119.643.2386.1
Ro1111.096.234.168.71513.286.4528.3
La22.032.111.411.432.610.8111.8
Scl703030.03121.479.51115.92521.92620.813020.8
Ku11.0032.07022.9087.020142.2
Jo-111.00011.410.900.030.5
PM/Scl55.021.40076.143.2182.9
SL33.042.811.411.421.800.0111.8
PCNA000010.9010.2
UDA1212.096.256.857.21614.81512.0629.9
ENA/CIE negative*5252.09162.85979.74260.94136.08164.836658.6
  • *Anti-ENA (antibodies negative by CIE).

  • CIE, counterimmunoelectrophoresis; Jo-1, histidyl-t-RNA synthetase; La, SS-B; PCNA, proliferating cell nuclear antigen; PM/Scl. polymyositis/scleroderma; Ro, SS-A; Scl70, DNA topoisomerase 1; SL, sicca/lupus; Sm, Smith; UDA, undifferentiated autoantibodies.