Detection and identification of significant ANAs in previously determined ANA negative samples

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 51, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 517-521

  Kidd, Kara ^a   Cusi, Karen ^a   Mueller, Ruth ^a   Goodner, Megan ^a   Boyes, Bob ^a   Hoy, Eric ^b  

^a Immuno Concepts   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; DNA ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HISTONE ANTIBODY; LA ANTIBODY; RO ANTIBODY; SCL 70 ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; GERMANY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; CELL LINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSFECTION;

ANAS;

EID: 27844495168     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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