Prevalence of antinuclear antibody in patients with multiple sclerosis

Mild positive ANA is common among patients with MS and does not significantly differ from the general population.

Frequency and significance of antinuclear antibodies in multiple ...

In a prospective sample of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) we found a high frequency of antinuclear antibodies (ANA), 22.5%, confirming results from ...

Antinuclear Antibodies in Multiple Sclerosis | JAMA Neurology

Antinuclear antibody titers ranged from 8 to 32 in patients with MS and rarely reached above 8 in control subjects. The most common fluorescence patterns ...

Frequency and significance of antinuclear antibodies in multiple ...

In a prospective sample of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) we found a high frequency of antinuclear antibodies (ANA), 22.5%, confirming results from ...

[Antinuclear antibodies in multiple sclerosis] - PubMed

The prevalence of circulating antinuclear antibodies (ANA) was studied in a group of 147 patients with multiple sclerosis (MS).

Antinuclear antibodies positivity is not rare during multiple sclerosis ...

ANA were positive in 35/82 MS patients (42.7%). The titer was ≥ 1/320 in 16/35 patients. The antigenic specificity of ANA was identified in 7/35 patients. None ...

Relevance of antinuclear antibody in diagnosis and characteristics ...

ANA is sometimes positive in people with MS and in apparently healthy individuals. · ANA testing in those that meet formal MS diagnostic criteria has been ...

Relevance of antinuclear antibody in diagnosis and characteristics ...

ANA is sometimes positive in people with MS and in apparently healthy individuals. · ANA testing in those that meet formal MS diagnostic criteria has been ...

Systemic Autoimmune Features and Multiple Sclerosis: A 5-Year ...

In most patients (93.5%) with an ANA titer of 1:100, the final diagnosis was MS. The frequency of ANAs in MS and their significance remains a matter of debate.

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117). Conclusion ANA testing in routine MS screening for excluding alternative diagnoses should be discouraged unless there is a remarkable ...

Prevalence of comorbid autoimmune diseases and antibodies in ...

Using a threshold of 1:320 for ANA titers, ABF without concomitant AID were present in 20.3% (n = 64) of MS patients. Among all tested ...

Antinuclear and antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with multiple ...

The prevalence of anti-β2GPI IgM antibodies was significantly higher in MS patients (20%) than in the control group (3.3%) (p = 0.023). Anti-β2GPI antibodies ...

Relevance of Antinuclear Antibody in the Diagnosis and ...

There was no difference between patients with MS and those without MS in the frequency of ANA seropositivity. However, among people with MS ...

Central nervous system-specific antinuclear antibodies in patients ...

Compared with CNS-specific ANA-negative MS patients, those with 55 kDa band-immunoreactive CNS-specific ANA showed a higher frequency of ...

Prevalence of antinuclear antibody in patients with multiple sclerosis

ANA testing in routine MS screening for excluding alternative diagnoses should be discouraged unless there is a remarkable history or ...

Antinuclear and antiphospholipid antibodies in patients with multiple ...

ANA and APL were positive in 15 (12.8%) and 2 (1.7%) patients respectively. MS patients seropositive for ANA or APL had significantly shorter disease duration ( ...

Choosing wisely? Multiple Sclerosis and Laboratory Screening for ...

In 124. MS patients, 54.8 % had positive ANA titers ≥ 1:80. MS patients with these titers suffered more frequently from autoimmune diseases and were more likely ...

Clinical significance and prognostic value of serum autoantibody ...

Anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) is one of the most frequently used autoimmune markers in the differential diagnosis of MS. The rate of MS patients ...

Prevalence of antinuclear antibody in patients with multiple sclerosis

Abstract Background Antinuclear antibody (ANA) is a common test for excluding alternative diagnoses. However, the significance of ANA testing in patients ...

Prevalence of antinuclear antibody in patients with multiple sclerosis

Title: Prevalence of antinuclear antibody in patients with multiple sclerosis: a casecontrol study. ; Language: English ; Authors: Alnajashi, Hind1 Halnajashi@kau ...