Antinuclear antibody-negative lupus as a distinct diagnostic entity - Does it no longer exist?

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 303-308

  Cross, L S ^a   Aslam, A ^a   Misbah, Siraj A ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRANULOCYTE; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RAT; SKIN DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 2442711365     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hch048     Document Type: Article

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