A critical evaluation of enzyme immunoassays for detection of antinuclear autoantibodies of defined specificities: I. Precision, sensitivity, and specificity

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 455-464

  Tan, Eng M ^a   Smolen, Josef S ^b   McDougal, J S ^c   Butcher, Brian T ^d   Conn, Doyt ^d   Dawkins, Roger ^e   Fritzler, Marvin J ^f   Gordon, Thomas ^g   Hardin, John A ^h   Kalden, Joachim R ⁱ   Lahita, Robert G ^j   Maini, Ravinder N ^k   Rothfield, Naomi F ^l   Smeenk, Ruud ^m   Takasaki, Yoshinari ⁿ   Van Venrooij, Walther J ^o   Wiik, Allan ^p   Wilson, Merlin ^q   Koziol, James A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^g FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^h MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^j ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^m CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

ⁿ JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^o RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^p STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^q TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANTIGENS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DNA; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN, U1 SMALL NUCLEAR; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; RNA, SMALL CYTOPLASMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033047730     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(199904)42:3<455::AID-ANR10>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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