Detectability of autoantibodies to ENA: Comparative investigation of different ELISA kits, indirect immunofluorescence and immunoblot

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 673-679

  Jaekel, H P ^a,d   Mueller, D ^b   Grobe, N ^c  

^a Clinical Centre   (Germany)

^b Laboratory Dr Gaertner   (Germany)

^c Clinic for Internal Medicine   (Germany)

^d Institute of Laboratory Diagnostics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti ENA autoantibodies; Autoimmune diseases; Detectability; ELISA; ENA; IIF; Immunoblot

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0031689466     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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