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Prevalence of Antinuclear Antibodies in 3 Groups of Healthy Individuals: Blood Donors, Hospital Personnel, and Relatives of Patients With Autoimmune Diseases
Journal of Clinical Rheumatology (JCR), 10/16/09

Marin GG et al. – ANA should generally not be tested without clinical indication. Positive ANA finding in the absence of physical signs and symptoms has limited diagnostic utility and should always be interpreted by a rheumatologist, in the context of clinical symptoms and results of laboratory tests for specific autoantibodies. Populations such as doctors and relatives of patients with autoimmune disease tend to presents increased ANA titers.

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Serum amyloid A and C-reactive protein concentrations are differently associated with markers of autoimmunity in patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome
Journal of Rheumatology, 10/19/09 Relevance Score: 63%

Anti-RNA polymerase III antibody prevalence and associated clinical manifestations in a large series of French patients with systemic sclerosis: A cross-sectional study
Journal of Rheumatology, 11/18/09 Relevance Score: 47%

Relationship between anti-dsDNA, anti-nucleosome and anti-alpha-actinin antibodies and markers of renal disease in patients with lupus nephritis: a prospective longitudinal study
Arthritis Research & Therapy, 10/16/09 Relevance Score: 47%

Clinical usefulness of anti-RNA polymerase III antibody measurement by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Rheumatology, 10/08/09 Relevance Score: 47%

Association of anti-Helicobacter pylori neutrophil-activating protein antibody response with anti-aquaporin-4 autoimmunity in Japanese patients with multiple sclerosis and neuromyelitis optica
Multiple Sclerosis, 11/18/09 Relevance Score: 46%