Limited value of testing for intrinsic factor antibodies with negative gastric parietal cell antibodies in pernicious anaemia

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 439-441

  Khan, S ^a,b   Del Duca, C ^a   Fenton, E ^a   Holding, S ^b   Hirst, J ^a   Dore P C ^b,c   Sewell, W A C ^a,c  

^a SCUNTHORPE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYANOCOBALAMIN; INTRINSIC FACTOR; PARIETAL CELL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE; SCREENING TEST; STUDENT T TEST; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA, PERNICIOUS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INTRINSIC FACTOR; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL CELLS, GASTRIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 66349111230     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2008.060509     Document Type: Article

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