Appropriateness of the request for laboratory tests in the diagnosis of systemic autoimmune diseases

Roberta Marotta; Rossana Baccalini; Wanda Patrizia Porreca; Gianlodovico Melzi d’Eril

doi:10.4081/mm.2013.2282

Appropriateness of the request for laboratory tests in the diagnosis of systemic autoimmune diseases

https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2013.2282

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Vol. 28 No. 1 (2013)

Submitted: 12 February 2014
Accepted: 12 February 2014

Published: 30 April 2013

Appropriateness, Laboratory tests, Autoimmunity

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Autoimmune diseases are caused by an immune response against some autoantigens. This response, characterized by the presence of autoantibodies, causes an inflammatory disease, which can cause a damage of specific organ (organ-specific autoimmune diseases) or systemic (systemic autoimmune diseases). The presence of these autoantibodies in the serum can therefore be a useful parameter for the diagnosis and/or monitoring of autoimmune diseases In this paper we describe a flow chart about laboratory tests in the diagnosis of systemic autoimmune diseases so as to maintain appropriateness of the request and contain costs.

Marotta, R., Baccalini, R., Porreca, W. P., & Melzi d’Eril, G. (2013). Appropriateness of the request for laboratory tests in the diagnosis of systemic autoimmune diseases. Microbiologia Medica, 28(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2013.2282