Autoantibodies to Dense Fine Speckles in Pediatric Diseases and Controls

Heinrike Schmeling¹, Michael Mahler¹, Deborah M Levy¹+15

• ¹From the Department of Paediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital, and McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary; Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Calgary, Alberta; Hospital for Sick Children; University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Inova Diagnostics Inc., San Diego, California; Stanford University/Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford, California; Seattle Children's Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas Houston Medical School, Houston, Texas; Northwestern University/Lurie Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; University of Cincinnati; Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Department of Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Department of General Paediatrics, Centre of Paediatrics and Neonatology, Asklepios Clinics, Sankt Augustin, Germany.H. Schmeling, MD, Department of Paediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital, University of Calgary, and Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, and McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health; M. Mahler, PhD, Inova Diagnostics Inc.; D.M. Levy, PhD, Hospital for Sick Children, and University of Toronto; K. Moore, MD, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington; A.M. Stevens, MD, PhD, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington; J. Wick, BSc, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary; J.D. McMillan, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary; G. Horneff, MD, Department of General Paediatrics, Centre of Paediatrics and Neonatology, Asklepios Clinics; S. Assassi, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas Houston Medical School; J. Charles, BSc, MSc, Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas Houston Medical School; G. Salazar, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas Houston Medical School; M.