PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - Hoffman, Gary S.
AU  - Langford, Carol A.
TI  - The diagnostic utility of c-ANCA in Wegener’s granulomatosis
DP  - 1998 Mar 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 135--140
VI  - 65
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/3/135.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/65/3/135.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1998 Mar 01; 65
AB  - Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies with a cytoplasmic staining pattern (c-ANCA) have been found to have a high degree of sensitivity and specificity for Wegener’s granulomatosis. Nevertheless, despite the attraction of using this autoantibody as a diagnostic test, in almost all instances it should not be used in place of a biopsy to diagnose Wegener’s granulomatosis.