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JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 125, Issue 2, Pages S238-S247Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.09.041
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Autoimmune; disease; laboratory; inflammatory markers; evaluation; rheumatic; serologies; flow cytometry; HLA; organ specific
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- Intramural NIH HHS [Z01 AR041176-01] Funding Source: Medline
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Laboratory testing is of great value when evaluating a patient with a suspected autoimmune disease. The results can confirm a diagnosis, estimate disease severity, aid in assessing prognosis and are useful for following disease activity. Components of the laboratory examination include a complete blood count with differential, a comprehensive metabolic panel, measurement of inflammatory markers and autoantibodies, and flow cytometry. This chapter discusses these components and includes a discussion about organ-specific immunologic diseases for which immunologic laboratory testing is used. Comprehensive laboratory evaluation of a suspected autoimmune illness in conjunction with a thorough clinical evaluation provides a better understanding of a patient's immunologic disease. (J Allergy Clin Immunol 2010;125:S238-47.)
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