Frequency of antinuclear antibodies and rehumatoid factor in healthy Turkish children

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-71

  Kasapçopur, Özgür ^a   Özbakir, Fatma ^a   Arisoy, Nil ^a   Ingöl, Hüseyin ^b   Yazici, Hasan ^a   Özdoǧan, Huri ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Air Force Hospital

Author keywords

Antinuclear antibodies; Rheumatoid factor; Turkish children

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TURKEY;

EID: 0347768206     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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