Different strategies in the laboratory diagnosis of autoimmune disease: Immunofluorescence, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or both?

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 189-195

  Rondeel, Jan M M ^a,b   Van Gelder, Warry ^a   Van der Leeden, Hulbert ^a   Dinkelaar, Rob B ^a  

^a Drechtsteden Ziekenhuis   (Netherlands)

^b ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY;

AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL LINE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

EID: 0033009785     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000456329903600209     Document Type: Article

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