title: [Proposals to revise the preliminary program of laboratory tests for diagnosis of collagen or autoimmune diseases].
abstract: There are several requests to complete the laboratory test program for initial diagnosis of collagen or autoimmune diseases. To make a definite diagnosis, certain criteria must be satisfied or proven to be present in a patient with collagen disease. One of the requests is that the revised program should point out the best laboratory test to satisfy the criteria. It should explain the specificity for diagnosis, usefulness and quantitative analysis for evaluation of disease activity on individual tests. Others concern the description of laboratory tests used for therapy guidance, inquiry of complications and differential diagnosis. Even if the initial aim of the program is limited to making a diagnosis, revision should be affirmatively made to meet these requests.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshinoya
mesh_terms: D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019411:Clinical Laboratory Techniques / Q000592:standards; D003095:Collagen Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis