Table 1

Summary of results for 10 distributed sera

Serum

Detected antibodies

Comments

1

dsDNA

Only Crithidia luciliae positive

2

SS-A 52 kDa + 60 kDa, SS-B

Good consensus

3

SS-A 52 kDa, SCL-70

SS-A 60 kDa only found by minority

4

PR-3 ANCA

Very few incorrect results

5

SS-B

SS-A found by ELISA, counterimmunoelectrophoresis and immunoblot mostly negative

6

U1-snRNP, A and C protein

70K negative, good consensus

7

Centromere (CENP-B)

Good consensus

8

ssDNA

Perfect consensus

9

dsDNA

No consensus

10

dsDNA

Good consensus

Hamann et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2005 7(Suppl 1):P44   doi:10.1186/ar1565