Blotting patterns of IgG anti-(U1)RNP antibodies in mixed connective tissue disease

Rheumatology International

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 145-150

  Ghirardello, A ^a   Doria, A ^a,b   Vesco, P ^a   Vaccaro, E ^a   Bernardi, C ^a   Catani, C ^a   Fagiolo, U ^a   Gambari, P F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Medicina Interna di Padova   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti (U1)RNP antibody; Epitope specificity; Immunoblotting; Mixed connective tissue disease; Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN ANTIBODY; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0029832806     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01419727     Document Type: Article

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