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  • Title: ANCA in systemic vasculitides, collagen vascular diseases, rheumatic disorders and inflammatory bowel diseases.
    Author: Hauschild S, Schmitt WH, Csernok E, Flesch BK, Rautmann A, Gross WL.
    Journal: Adv Exp Med Biol; 1993; 336():245-51. PubMed ID: 8296613.
    Abstract:
    It was the aim of this study to reevaluate the diagnostic significance and clinical implication of ANCA after testing sera from 13,606 patients for the presence of ANCA. Our data confirm the high specificity (97%) and sensitivity (80%) of cANCA for Wegener's granulomatosis. pANCA were found in renal vasculitides (60%), collagen vascular diseases (SLE 20%, Sjögren's syndrome 26%, polymyositis 16%) and rheumatic disorders (Felty's syndrome 50%, rheumatoid arthritis 20%). A third fluorescence pattern in sera of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis 28/72, Crohn's disease 6/84), here called xANCA, was seen. Target antigens of granule proteins from PMN and monocytes (proteinase 3, myeloperoxidase, elastase, cathepsin G, lactoferrin, lysozyme) were identified.
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