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anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)
Also see cANCA, pANCA & see ARUP consult
Etiology:
- ANCA-associated vasculitis
- Wegener's granulomatosis
- microscopic polyangiitis
Related
neutrophil or polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN, poly)
Specific
cANCA (anti-myeloblastin, anti-serine protease 3)
pANCA (anti-myeloperoxidase, anti-leukocyte elastase)
General
anti-neutrophil antibody
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 16, 17.
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2012, 2015
- Bosch X et al,
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies.
Lancet 2006, 368:404
PMID: 16876669