KEY ANTIBODIES + PATHOGNOMONIC BLOODS Flashcards
Autoimmune hepatitis type 1
Anti-actin
ANA
Anti-SLA/LP
SMA
Autoimmune hepatitis type 2
anti-LKM1
anti-LC1
PSC
p-ANCA
PBC
AMA
Wilson’s disease
Caeruloplasmin
Hereditary haemochromatosis
Raised ferritin
Active hep B infection
HBsAg
Current or previous hep B infection
HBcAb
IgM = current IgG = previous
Core hep B antigen
HBcAg
active replication of hep B infection
HBeAg
antibody showing that hep B has stopped replicating
HBeAb
vaccination against hep B
HBsAb
direct count of hep B viral load
HBV DNA
screening tests for hep B
HBcAb + HBsAg
tests done if hep B screening positive
HbeAg + HBV DNA
Coeliac disease
anti-TTG/ anti-EMA
**MUST check IgA first.
Myaesthenia gravis
Anti-ACh antibodies
Anti-MUSK
Anti-LPR4
Churg-strauss syndrome (eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis)
pANCA
eosinophils >10%
(+ asthma + paranasal sinusitis + pulmonary infiltrates)
Lambert-Eaton syndrome
Antibodies to voltage gated calcium channels
Membranous glomerulonephritis.
Anti-phospholipase A2 receptor antibody.
Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis.
Anti-streptolysin O titres.
Anti-DNAase B
Decreased serum C3
Systemic lupus erythematosus.
ANA
Anti-dsDNA
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis.
c-ANCA.
Microscopic polyangiitis.
p-ANCA.
Goodpastures disease.
Anti-GBM antibodes.
Grave’s disease.
Anti-TPO antibodies.
TSH receptor antibodies.
Hashimoto’s thyroiditis.
Anti-TPO antibodies.
Anti-thyroglobulin antibodies.
Myasthenia gravis.
Anti-ACh
Anti-MUSK antibodies
Anti-LRP4 antibodies
Rheumatoid arthritis.
RF
Anti-CCP.
Multiple sclerosis.
Oligoclonal bands in CSF.
Clotting test pattern in haemophilia?
APTT prolonged.
PT, thrombin time + bleeding time all normal.
Clotting test pattern in von willebrand disease?
APTT prolonged
PT normal
Bleeding time prolonged