Practical Evaluation of Methods for Detection and Specificity of Autoantibodies to Extractable Nuclear Antigens

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 297-301

  Orton, Susan M ^a   Peace Brewer, Amy ^d   Schmitz, John L ^a   Freeman, Kristie ^a   Miller, William C ^b,c   Folds, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d Great Smokies Diagnostic Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; EXTRACTABLE NUCLEAR ANTIBODY; EXTRACTABLE NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE IMMUNODIFFUSION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAFF; STANDARD;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; HUMANS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1642333063     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.11.2.297-301.2003     Document Type: Article

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