Combined elevation of IgM and IgA rheumatoid factor has high diagnostic specificity for rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 119-122

  Jonsson T ^a   Steinsson, K ^a   Jonsson H ^a   Geirsson, A J ^a   Thorsteinsson, J ^a   Valdimarsson, H ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Isotypes; Rheumatic diseases; Rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis; Rheumatoid factor

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031760984     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002960050069     Document Type: Article

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