Research Article

Automated Indirect Immunofluorescence Evaluation of Antinuclear Autoantibodies on HEp-2 Cells

Table 2

Main pattern recognition by EUROPattern.

ā€‰EUROPattern performance
Main ANA patternCollective A ( )Collective B ( )Total ( )
ā€‰No. of samplesPattern recognizedNo. of samplesPattern recognizedNo. of samplesPattern recognized

Homogenous2420 (83.3%)97 (77.8%)3327 (81.8%)
Speckled9490 (95.7%)3633 (91.7%)130123 (94.6%)
Nucleolar1817 (94.4%)2726 (96.3%)4543 (95.6%)
Centromeres33 (100%)11 (100%)44 (100%)
Nuclear dots11 (100%)11 (100%)22 (100%)
Cytoplasmic5349 (92.5%)55 (100%)5854 (93.1%)
Negative76 (85.7%)7271 (98.6%)7977 (97.5%)

Total200186 (93.0%)151144 (95.4%)351330 (94.0%)