The utility of the lupus band test on sun-protected non-lesional skin for the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 427-432

  Cardinali, C ^a   Caproni, M ^a   Fabbri, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antinuclear antibodies immunoglobulins; Lupus band test; Lupus erythematosus; Sun protected non lesional skin

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DERMOEPIDERMAL JUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANNICULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PROTECTION; SUN EXPOSURE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, DISCOID; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0032818630     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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