4 results
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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: - SSc, PBC/ ... : - PBC, DM, ... /AMA: - PBC, ... #Patterns #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Antinuclear Antibody Testing Cytoplasmic Patterns
Reticular/AMA: 
 • PBC, SSc, PBC/SSc OS, PBC/SjS OS
 • AMA
Speckled:
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/AMA: • PBC, SSc ... , PBC/SSc OS, PBC ... SjS, SLE, RA, PBC ... #Patterns #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Autoimmune Hepatitis ... hepatocellular pattern ... though cholestatic pattern ... reported (eg AIH-PBC ... #Management #Hepatology
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential ... slow onset and pattern ... % IBM • Anti-cytoplasmic ... Other Diseases: • PBC ... #differential #