Table 3

Common IF-ANA patterns associated with specific diseases

ANA pattern
Antigen
Associated diseases

Speckled
ENA, RNP, Sm, SSA/Ro, SSB/La, Scl-70, Jo-1, ribosomal-P
SLE, Mixed CTD, SS, Primary Sjogren's syndrome, PM
Homogenous
dsDNA, Histones
SLE, Drug induced SLE
Peripheral (rim)
RNP, Sm, SSA/Ro
SLE, SS
Nucleolar
Anti-PM-Scl, anti-RNA polymerase I-III, anti-U3-RNP, To RNP
SS, PM
Centromere
CENP A-E
Limited SS

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