Immunofluorescence microscopy is superior to fluorescent beads for detection of antinuclear antibody reactivity in systemic lupus erythematosus patients

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-21

  Bonilla, Eduardo ^a   Francis, Lisa ^a   Allam, Fatme ^a   Ogrinc, Meribeth ^a   Neupane, Hom ^a   Phillips, Paul E ^a   Perl, Andras ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antinuclear antibody; Diagnosis; Flow cytometry; Immunofluorescence; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT BEAD TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSPHERES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250697664     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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