Undifferentiated connective tissue diseases in 2004

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 22, Issue 3 SUPPL. 33, 2004, Pages

  Mosca, Marta ^a   Baldini, C ^a   Bombardieri, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Defined connective tissue diseases; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Undifferentiated connective tissue diseases

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; RO ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; LA ANTIBODY; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN ANTIBODY; SM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; POLYMYOSITIS; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASCULITIS; DISEASE DURATION; MYOPATHY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 4444261211     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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