Antibodies to extractable nuclear antigens in antinuclear antibody-negative samples [6]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2426-2427

  Bossuyt, Xavier ^a   Luyckx, Ariane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; EXTRACTABLE NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; JO 1 ANTIBODY; LA ANTIBODY; RO ANTIBODY; SCL 70 ANTIBODY; SM ANTIBODY; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; HUMAN; LETTER; POLYMYOSITIS; REACTIVE ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CELL LINE; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 28044462897     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.058552     Document Type: Letter

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