The distribution of antinuclear antibody titers in 'normal' children and adults

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 914-919

  Craig, Wendy Y ^a   Ledue, Thomas B ^b   Johnson, A Myron ^b   Ritchie, Robert F ^b  

^a FOUNDATION FOR BLOOD RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adults; Antinuclear Antibodies; Children; Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay; Reference Ranges

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEPATOMA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOANTIGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032964188     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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