Clinical utility of antinuclear antibody tests in children

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  McGhee, Julie L ^a   Kickingbird, Lauren M ^a   Jarvis, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CHILD; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IMMUNOASSAY; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; MYALGIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; RASH; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCREENING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; AGE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REVIEW; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE RHEUMATOID; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RAYNAUD DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 12944305636     PISSN: 14712431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-4-13     Document Type: Article

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