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Are there scenarios where you send additional antibodies beyond anti-centromere, Scl-70, and RNA polymerase III in suspected scleroderma patients?

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Rheumatology · Georgetown University Medical Center

While these are the most common ANA subtypes in scleroderma, there are several other antibodies that are important. High titer ANA's with a speckled pattern may be U1 RNP and may be associated with overlap disease (MCTD). ANA's with a nucleolar pattern can be U3 RNP (fibrillarin), Th/To, or PM -Scl,...

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