Talk:Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody
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According to the kumar and clark 2006 edition "clinical medicine" the use of c and p ANCA is outdated. can anyone confirm/correct this?
The terms C & P ANCA remain in routine clinical use by vasculitis specialistsMalittle (talk) 18:53, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Correct name
The correct name is Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody! See Kumar editions... NCurse work 09:12, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
- Most journal articles use anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, or a variation on the theme... Autoantibody implies that the antibody is raised against self-antigens, but I don't feel the distiction is really too necessary! PMJ 21:02, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Redirects and the like
I personally (with my vested interest...) feel that ANCA should link to Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody and not ANCA Pty Ltd, the Australian company. I propose to move ANCA to ANCA (company), a per the manual of style, and update the disambiguation page - then redirect ANCA to Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody. PMJ 21:02, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Images
I'll try and get some photos of cytoplasmic and perinuclear staining. I know I've got some TGN and lamp pics somewhere... PMJ 21:37, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
User: Beetstra has removed my external link as he has stated it does not follow Wikipedia guidelines. Wikipedia guidelines state that: "Wikipedia articles can include links to Web pages outside Wikipedia. Such pages could contain further research that is accurate and on-topic; information that could not be added to the article for reasons such as copyright or amount of detail (such as professional athlete statistics, movie or television credits, interview transcripts, or online textbooks); or other meaningful, relevant content that is not suitable for inclusion in an article (such as reviews and interviews)".
I believe that information found at the UNC Kidney Center on ANCA disease is beneficial to Wiki readers as it relates ANCA vasculitis in a "patient-friendly" way. Please feel free to visit and see for yourself: http://unckidneycenter.org/patients/anca_vasculitis.htm. I would appreciate any feedback.
--Unckc 21:56, 5 April 2007 (UTC)Unckc
