Objectives Our purpose was to determine associations between DFS pattern ANA and the disease categories ... Pattern on the antinuclear antibody-HEp-2 test is a critical parameter for discriminating ...

email.chop.edu The test for antinuclear antibodies (ANA) is frequently obtained to identify patients at higher risk for a rheumatic condition prior to subspecialty referral. However, a positive ANA ..

Background The most commonly used method for ANA detection is the indirect immunofluorescence test (IFI) on HEp-2 cells. Among ANA, anti-dense fine speckled (DFS) 70 antibodies produce a pattern ...