Prevalence and antigen specificity of anti-histone antibodies in patients with polymyositis/dermatomyositis

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 711-715

  Kubo, Masahide ^a   Ihn, Hironobu ^a   Yazawa, Norihito ^a   Sato, Shinichi ^a,b   Kikuchi, Kanako ^a   Tamaki, Kunihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Humoral immunity; Immunoblotting

Indexed keywords

HISTONE ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MALE; POLYMYOSITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032952057     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1999.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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