AC-2 · DFS70isolated anti-DFS70non-rheumatic
12–18 months of rheumatologist calendar saved · per case
Isolated anti-DFS70 is associated with the absence of ANA-associated rheumatic disease. Under coarse "speckled" reporting, this patient enters the rheumatology referral pipeline and consumes a scarce specialist's calendar to arrive at nothing.
In a country with India's specialist-to-population ratio, correctly ruling out is worth more per unit of health-system capacity than correctly ruling in.