Laboratory investigations in rheumatology: A practical approach

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 285-287

  Handa, R ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; SEROLOGY; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ARTHRITIS; HUMANS; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0033223624     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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