The use and diagnostic value of testing myositis-specific and myositis-associated autoantibodies by line immuno-assay: a retrospective study.
Angelika LacknerViktoria TiefenthalerJalia MirzayevaFlorian PoschChristopher RossmannKastriot KastratiHelga RadnerUlrike DemelJudith GretlerMichael StotzWinfried B GraningerMartin Helmut StradnerPublished in: Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease (2020)
In clinical practice MSA/MAA are used widely for diagnostic work-up of IIM, resulting in a low pre-test probability. Clinicians should be aware that PPVs for most MSA/MAA are low.