Autoantibodies in Diagnosis and
Follow-up of Rheumatic Diseases
Coordinators: Angela Tincani, MD, and Edward K.L.
Chan, PhD
Moderator: Pier Luigi Meroni, MD
Session
Objectives:
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A review on reliable and new autoantibodies in scleroderma
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A practical guide in using complement assays in aiding clinical diagnosis
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A discussion of predictive/pathogenic versus protective autoantibodies
focusing on anti DNA and others
Scleroderma Autoantibody Profile
in 2007: Diagnostic Specificity and Clinical Significance
by Dr. Westley H. Reeves, University of Florida,
Gainesville, FL
Complement Assays:
More Than Just C4 And C3
by Dr. John P. Atkinson,
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
pdf file 666kB
Lupus Autoantibodies -
Predictive/Pathogenic versus Protective
by Dr. Yehuda Shoenfeld,
Sheba medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
pdf file 1.8MB
