Antinuclear antibodies in children with chronic nonspecific complaints

Autoimmunity

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 243-250

  Itoh, Yasuhiko ^a   Hamada, Hisamitsu ^a   Imai, Taiyo ^a   Seki, Takashi ^a   Igarashi, Tohru ^a   Yuge, Kunio ^a   Fukunaga, Yoshitaka ^a   Yamamoto, Masao ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antinuclear antibody; Autoantibody; Children; Fatigue; Nonspecific complaints

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030765598     PISSN: 08916934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08916939708994733     Document Type: Article

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