Nonprecipitating anti-La(SS-B) autoantibodies in primary Sjogren's syndrome

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 314-318

  Beer, Renee G ^a   Rischmueller, Maureen ^a   Coates, Toby ^a   Purcell, Anthony W ^a   Keech, Catherine L ^a   McCluskey, James ^a   Gordon, Tom P ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; PRECIPITIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0029894218     PISSN: 00901229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clin.1996.0084     Document Type: Article

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