Karsten Conrad, Marvin Fritzler, Ulrich Sack, Yehuda Shoenfeld (Eds.)
From Proteomics to Molecular Epidemiology: Relevance of Autoantibodies
Report on the 6^th Dresden Symposium on Autoantibodies held in Dresden on September 4-7, 2002

• Clinical and laboratory evalution of an ELISA, indirect immunofluorescence and a new automated fluorescence immunoassay for detection on antinuclear antibodies
  A.-M. Haapala, A. Mustila, M. Pertovaara

• Comparison of screening by IIF (HEp 2) and an ANA ELISA vs a new automated ANA/ENA screening (EliA) in patients from routine
  M. l. Casas, F. Cava, F. J. Fernandez, S. Valor, J. M. Gonzalez-Buitrago, C. Gonzalez, B. Garcia, J. A. Navajo, W. Papisch

• Comparison of screening by IIF (HEp 2) vs a new automated ANA/ENA screening (EliA) in defined patients
  C. Gonzalez, J. M. Buitrago, M. Casas, F. Cava, B. Garcia, J. A. Navajo, W. Papisch, S. Valor

• Pattern of humoral autoimmunity in patients with breast cancer
  M. Volkmann, Y. Hajjar, J. Huober, D. Gaugel, J. Ludwig, S. Hänsel, G. Bastert, H. Zentgraf, D. Wallwiener, W. Fiehn

• A comparative study of the diagnostic efficiency of anti-dsDNA antibody tests in systemic lupus erythematosus
  B. Schlüter, L. Kaucikaite, H. Schotte, P. Willeke, H. Becker, A. Dyong, J. Haier, R. Gellner, G. Bonsmann, M. Gaubitz

• Clinical evaluation of a new dsDNA-RIA
  R. Wöhrle, P. von Landenberg, M. Oppermann, K. Helmke, T. Witte

• Detection of dsDNA antibodies in SLE: Efficiency of the automated EliA-immunoassay in comparison with non-automated systems
  D. Kuhn, S. Kadler, E. Boehme, M. Linnemann

• Performance of a new automated fluorescence immunoassay (EliATM dsDNA) for the follow-up of anti-ds DNA antibodies in SLE patients
  A. Lakaf, C. Sapin, V. Moal, J. R. Harlé, M. Sanmarco

• Detection of dsDNA antibodies in SLE: A case report based evaluation of discrepant results between the automated EliA immunoassay and an established non-automated assay
  D. Kuhn, S. Kadler, E. Boehme, M. Linnemann

• Comparison of two different methods for detection of dsDNA antibodies related to SLE patients at different disease status
  M. Rodriguez-Mahou, F. J. López-Longo, J. L. Ruiz-Tiscar, E. F. dez-Cruz

• Autoantibodies against nucleosomes are pathognomonic for SLE – A 2nd generation ELISA shows no reactivity with sera from scleroderma patients
  W. Schlumberger, C. Daehnrich, W. Suer, S. Frahm, W. Stoecker

• The benefit of anti-deoxyribonucleoprotein (anti-DNP) antibodies determination in the laboratory of clinical immunology
  I. Lochman, L. Cebecauer, V. Novák, H. Tomácková, A. Kloudová, A. Lochmanová

• Evaluation of the detection of anti-dsDNA and -ENA antibodies by a new automated fluorescence immunoassay
  M. López-Hoyos, H. López-Escribano, M. Peña, M. J. Bartolomé

• Evaluation of EliA^TM screening and detection of antibodies directed against extractable nuclear antigens
  E. Oris, C. Bunn, G. Godefridis, N. Kolbus, W. Papisch, X. Bossuyt

• A new fluorescence immunoassay (EliA™ Sm) for the detection of anti-Sm antibodies
  M. Mahler, R. C. Williams

• A new LINE immunoassay for the detection of myositis-specific autoantibodies
  C. Hentschel, J. Schulte-Pelkum, W. Schößler, F. Hiepe, R. Mierau, K. Conrad

• Antibodies against SS-A can only be precisely detected using the native antigen: Results of a study using the EUROLINE-WB
  W. Meyer, T. Scheper, K. Wilhelm, M. Jarzabek-Chorzelska, Z. Kolacinska-Strasz, W. Schlumberger, W. Stoecker

• Increased specificity for systemic vasculitis with capture ELISA for MPO-ANCA?
  M. Carlsson, J. Wieslander, M. Segelmark

• Evaluation of a new sensitive ELISA for the detection of PR3 Antibodies
  M. Mahler, P. Höpfl, E. Mummert

• Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in connective tissue diseases
  G. Kirdaite, J. Dadonien, E. Redaitiene

• Serum anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies in patients with renopulmonary syndrome
  D. Iordanescu, M. Cojocaru, I. Cojocaru, O. Neacsu

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