Antinuclear antibody determination in a routine laboratory

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 723-727

  Feltkamp, T E W ^a  

^a Arthron   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0029806861     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.55.10.723     Document Type: Article

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