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Anticyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibody
Aka: Anticyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibody, Anti-cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibody- See Also
- Indications
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis confirmation
- Rheumatoid Factor or Antinuclear Antibody positive
- May also predict prognosis and erosive disease likelihood
- Does not correlate to therapy response (not used for monitoring)
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis confirmation
- Mechanism
- Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)
- Efficacy: Rheumatoid Arthritis Diagnosis
- Test Sensitivity: 67%
- Test Specificity: 95%
- Positive Likelihood Ratio (LR+): 12.46
- Negative Likelihood Ratio (LR-): 0.36
- References