Clinical utility of diagnostic tests for rheumatoid factor

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 87-91

  Ulvestad, E ^a   Kanestrom A ^a   Madland, T M ^a   Thomassen, E ^a   Haga, H J ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Nephelometry; Rheumatoid factor; Rheumatology; Waaler's test

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; ROC CURVE;

EID: 17744385535     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740151095349     Document Type: Article

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