Are isolated antinucleolar antibodies a marker of scleroderma?

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 291-295

  Jolly, Meenakshi ^a   Smaron, Mary ^b   Utset, Tammy Olsen ^b   Ellman, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY ISOLATION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SARCOIDOSIS; SCLERODERMA; SEROPREVALENCE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 0141992902     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000089790.80026.f4     Document Type: Article

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