Current laboratory and clinical practices in reporting and interpreting anti-nuclear antibody indirect immunofluorescence (ANA IIF) patterns: results of an international survey.
Lieve VAN HoovelsSylvia BroedersEdward K L ChanLuis AndradeWilson de Melo CruvinelJan DamoiseauxMarkku VianderManfred HeroldWim CouckeIngmar HeijnenDimitrios BogdanosJaime Calvo-AlénCatharina ErikssonAna KozmarLiisa KuhiCarolien BonroyBernard LauwerysSofie SchouwersLaurence LutteriMartine VercammenMiroslav MayerDina PatelWilliam EgnerKari PuolakkaAndrea Tesija-KunaYehuda ShoenfeldMaria José Rego de SousaMarcos Lopez HoyosAntonella RadiceXavier BossuytPublished in: Auto- immunity highlights (2020)
This survey confirms that the major nuclear and cytoplasmic ANA IIF patterns are considered clinically important. There is no unanimity on classifying DFS, rods and rings and polar/Golgi-like as a competent pattern and on reporting cytoplasmic patterns as ANA IIF positive.