Guidelines for immunologic laboratory testing in the rheumatic diseases: An introduction

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 429-433

  Kavanaugh, Arthur F ^a   Solomon, Daniel H ^b   Schur, Peter ^b   Reveille, John D ^c   Sherrer, Yvonne R S ^d   Lahita, Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d Center for Rheumatology Immunology and Arthritis   (United States)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; DNA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 0037103227     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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