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Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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Antinuclear Antibody ... body-like: - Neurologic ... #Antinuclear #Antibody ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Monoclonal Gammopathy Testing
Strengths, Weaknesses and Accuracy Compared
 - SPEP 
 - IFE 
 - FLC
Strengths, Weaknesses and ... - IFE - FLC ... Testing #Protein #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology #Laboratory ... #Comparison #Table
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
biliary cirrhosis (PBC ... polyangiitis U1-RNP antibody ... disease Endomyseal antibody ... Associations #diseases #diagnosis ... #table #rheumatology
Antinuclear Antibody Testing Cytoplasmic Patterns
Reticular/AMA: 
 • PBC, SSc, PBC/SSc OS, PBC/SjS OS
 • AMA
Speckled:
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Antinuclear Antibody ... body-like: • Neurologic ... #Antinuclear #Antibody ... #differential #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Anatomy of Vegetative State, Locked-in Syndrome and Brainstem Death

#LockedIn #Syndrome #BrainDeath #Comparison #Diagnosis #Neurology #Vegetative
Locked-in Syndrome and ... Syndrome #BrainDeath #Comparison ... #Diagnosis #Neurology
You’ll notice there is an IgM and an IgG core antibody. The presence of IgM anti-HBc
IgM and an IgG ... core antibody. ... hepatitis B core antibody ... #Diagnosis #HepB ... #Levels #Serology
SLICC SLE Diagnostic Criteria - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Clinical and Immunologic Criteria

CLINICAL CRITERIA
 - ACUTE CUTANEOUS LUPUS
SLICC SLE Diagnostic ... SEROSITIS - RENAL - NEUROLOGIC ... IMMUNOLOGIC CRITERIA - ANA ... hemolytic anemia #Diagnosis ... #Rheumatology #
Cerebral Salt Wasting vs SIADH - Pathophysiology 
1) Neurological event
2) Sodium loss from tubules
3) Naturiesis →
Wasting vs SIADH - Pathophysiology ... reabsorption 5) ↓ Na ... SaltWasting #SIADH #Pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #nephrology ... #hyponatremia #comparison
EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Clinical Domains:
 • Constitutional domain: Fever
 • Cutaneous domain: Non-scarring
least 2 joints • Neurologic ... low C4, Low C3 and ... , Anti-Sm antibody ... Erythematosus #diagnosis ... #rheumatology
Mixing Study
 • Clotting tests can be abnormal due to either a clotting factor deficiency, or
deficiency, or an ... activity (e.g. antibody ... Mixing #Study #diagnosis ... #hematology #pathophysiology ... #hematology #laboratory