Is the SLE latex test more appropriate than the LE cell preparation in screening for SLE?

HAEMA

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 512-514

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

SLE latex test; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS CELL TEST; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SENSIBILITY; SLE LATEX TEST; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THAILAND;

EID: 0242330674     PISSN: 11082682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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