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Beaded fluorescence pattern of FTA-ABS test associated with malignancy
Archives of Dermatology
|March 1, 1979
Abstract:
A beaded pattern of immunofluorescence (IF) occasionally occurs in routine FTA-ABS testing. This phenomenon strongly correlates with false-positive reactions in patients with SLE. We report on this IF finding in association with carcinoma of the colon.