Precise quantitation of antinuclear antibodies on HEp-2 cells without the need for serial dilution

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 374-377

  Hollingsworth, Peter N ^a   Dawkins, Roger L ^a   Peter, James B ^b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Specialty Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DILUTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0029862401     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.4.374-377.1996     Document Type: Article

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