Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in myelodysplasia

Ulster Medical Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-57

  Hull, D R ^a   McMillan, S A ^b   Maeve Rea, I ^b   Boyd, Noleen ^b   McMullin, Mary F ^c  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; PEROXIDASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NEUTROPHIL; REFERENCE VALUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; NEUTROPHILS; PEROXIDASE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030137186     PISSN: 00416193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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