Evaluative laboratory testing practices of united states rheumatologists

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 725-729

  Donald, Fiona ^a   Ward, Michael M ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GOOD LABORATORY PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; VASCULITIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; COMPLEMENT C3; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHEUMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0031949514     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199804)41:4<725::AID-ART21>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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