Ranjana W. Minz

Diagnostic performance and cutoff optimisation of the CTD Screen assay for ANA detection compared with HEp-2 IFA

Aim: Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) are important in diagnosing systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs), and the HEp-2 cell indirect immunofluorescence assay (HEp-2 IFA) remains the gold standard for their detection. This study evaluates the utility and optimal cutoff of th...