Anti-nucleosome antibodies in the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 122-124

  Julkunen, Heikki ^a   Salonen, E M ^b   Walle, T K ^b   Miettinen, A ^b  

^a PEIJAS HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; DNA ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEOSOME ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA LUCILIAE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA STRAND; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOSOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 18844415136     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: 15027732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02813430510015250-1     Document Type: Article

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