Range of antinuclear antibodies in 'healthy' individuals

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1601-1611

  Tan, E M ^a,b   Feltkamp, T E W ^c   Smolen, J S ^d,e   Butcher, B ^f   Dawkins, R ^g   Fritzler, M J ^h   Gordon, T ⁱ   Hardin, J A ^j   Kalden, J R ^k   Lahita, R G ^l   Maini, R N ^m   McDougal, J S ⁿ   Rothfield, N F ^o   Smeenk, R J ^c   Takasaki, Y ^p   Wiik, A ^q   Wilson, M R ^r   Koziol, J A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WHO/IUIS/AF/CDC ANA S   (United States)

^c CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e EULAR Standing Comm for Intl C ^*

^f ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION   (United States)

^g ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

ⁱ FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^j MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^l ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^p JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^q STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^r TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONARTICULAR RHEUMATISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030830193     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400909     Document Type: Article

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