Detecting anti-SSA and anti-SSB antibodies in routine analysis: A comparison between double immunodiffusion and immunoblotting

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 365-371

  Yago, Martin ^a   Belmonte, Miguel A ^a   Olmos, Maria J ^a   Beltran, Juan ^a   Teruel, Carlos ^a   Segarra, Marian ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL DE CASTELLÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Connective tissue diseases; Sjogren's syndrome; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY EYE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0033066219     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000456329903600310     Document Type: Article

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