Our study revealed a moderate to poor accordance between five different test systems for anti-cardiolipin and anti-β2 -glycoprotein I antibodies. Such deviations may result in clinical misinterpretation of data and may lead to wrong therapeutic consequences. Therefore, further standardization of all tests for anti-phospholipid antibodies should be achieved.
The anti-cardiolipin and βA total of 43 samples from the patients with SLE diagnosed in the rheumatology outpatient centers in Germany were included in this study.: For anticardiolipin and anti-βWe found a moderate to poor accordance between the five different modern test systems for anticardiolipin and anti-β
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