Prevalence of IgG anti-α-fodrin antibodies in Sjögren's syndrome

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1050, Issue , 2005, Pages 210-216

  Ruiz Tiscar J L ^a   Lopez Longo F J ^a   Sanchez Ramon S ^a   Santamaria B ^a   Urrea, R ^a   Carreno L ^a   Estecha, A ^a   Vigil, D ^a   Fernandez Cruz E ^a   Rodriguez Mahou M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

European Community Study Group criteria; IgG antibodies; Immunoglobulin G; Sj gren's syndrome; fodrin

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LA ANTIBODY; RO ANTIBODY; SPECTRIN ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

EID: 23744457093     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1313.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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