尿検査・腎機能検査の新しい流れ(3)

リウマチ性疾患の検査

舩　渡　忠　男*1　塚　本　さなえ*2　佐々木　　　毅*3
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Laboratory Testing for Rheumatic Diseases

Tadao FUNATO, MD*1, Sanae TSUKAMOTO*2 and Takeshi SASAKI, MD

The diagnosis of rheumatic diseases is primarily based on clinical symptoms and laboratory findings. However, diagnosis of rheumatic disease is often difficult because of the variations even in the same disease. Routine laboratory tests are valuable in detecting renal dysfunctions. In this review, the important auto-antibodies and inflammatory markers associated with rheumatic diseases are described. Further, their utility as diagnostic and prognostic tools, including their specificity, sensitivity and practical applications, is discussed.
[Rinsho Byori 51 : 225〜230, 2003]

*1Division of Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Clinical Medicine, Tohoku University, School of Medicine, Sendai 980-8574

【Key Words】rheumatic disease(リウマチ性疾患)，autoantibody(自己抗体)，CRP(C反応性蛋白)，SAA(血清アミロイド蛋白A)

*1東北大学大学院医学研究科病態制御学講座分子診断学分野，*2同　検査部，
*3同　免疫血液病制御分野(〒980-8574仙台市青葉区星陵町1-1)

E-mail :tfunato@mail.cc.tohoku.ac.jp