Autoantibody

Parent concept

Most distal appropriate descendant of 30621004 |Autoantibody (substance)|

Semantic tag

(substance)

Definition status

Primitive

Attribute

None

FSN

Pattern:  "Antibody to" + Antibody target

Note: An antibody target can be an antigen or another antibody.

For example,

• Antibody to nuclear antigen (substance) 

• Antibody to thyroglobulin immunoglobulin G (substance)

Preferred Term

Pattern:  Antibody target + "antibody"

For example,

• Nuclear antibody or Thyroglobulin  immunoglobulin G antibody

Synonyms

Pattern: A synonym that matches FSN

For example,

• Antibody to nuclear antigen 

• Antibody to thyroglobulin immunoglobulin G 

Pattern: Antibody target + "Ab"  

For example,

• Nuclear Ab 

• Thyroglobulin IgG Ab

Additional synonyms:

• Add a description containing antibody target + "autoantibody"

  • Nuclear autoantibody 

  • Thyroglobulin IgG autoantibody

• In general, anti X antibody or anti X autoantibody is redundant and should be avoided. However, description(s) that are commonly used are considered for addition on a case by case basis, for example:

  •  ANA - anti-nuclear antibody