Anti-Nuclear Antibodies in Daily Clinical Practice: Prevalence in Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Care
Figure 1
Relative presence of ANA and anti-ENA/dsDNA antibodies stratified for requesting clinical department. (a) The prevalence (%) of ANA positive sera in the rheumatology, dermatology, internal medicine, neurology, and miscellaneous departments of secondary (grey bars) and tertiary care (white bars) is displayed relative to the total amount of ANA requests per department ( above bars). (b) The prevalence (%) of anti-ENA/dsDNA reactivity in ANA positive sera in secondary (grey bars) and tertiary care (white bars) is displayed relative to the total amount of ANA positive sera ( above bars).
