Report on the second International Consensus on ANA Pattern (ICAP) workshop in Dresden 2015.
Lupus
; 25(8): 797-804, 2016 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
The second meeting for the International Consensus on Antinuclear antibody (ANA) Pattern (ICAP) was held on 22 September 2015, one day prior to the opening of the 12th Dresden Symposium on Autoantibodies in Dresden, Germany. The ultimate goal of ICAP is to promote harmonization and understanding of autoantibody nomenclature, and thereby optimizing ANA usage in patient care. The newly developed ICAP website www.ANApatterns.org was introduced to the more than 50 participants. This was followed by several presentations and discussions focusing on key issues including the two-tier classification of ANA patterns into competent-level versus expert-level, the consideration of how to report composite versus mixed ANA patterns, and the necessity for developing a consensus on how ANA results should be reported. The need to establish on-line training modules to help users gain competency in identifying ANA patterns was discussed as a future addition to the website. To advance the ICAP goal of promoting wider international participation, it was agreed that there should be a consolidated plan to translate consensus documents into other languages by recruiting help from members of the respective communities.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Autoimmune Diseases
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Mass Screening
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Antibodies, Antinuclear
Type of study:
Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Lupus
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article