The importance for the correct intended use of autoantibodies in clinical context / 中华检验医学杂志

Autoantibodies are useful in diagnosis , monitoring treatment and prognosis for patients with autoimmune disease.Recently, some laboratories expanded the use of autoantibodies to the screening of autoimmune diseases for all population , as well as prediction of onsets of diseases .We will emphasize on the correct use of autoantibodies and discuss the problems to screen autoimmune diseases for all population and predict autoimmune diseases .The correct intended use for a test is the first step of quality assurance and the premise to ensure the clinical validity.Otherwise, the other actions for quality control will be in a way that defeats one′s purpose , that is "go south by driving the chariot north".