Experience of an university hospital on the implementation of I and II Brazilian Consensuses for Standardization of ANA in HEp-2 cells

Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 110-120

  Laurino, Claudia Cilene Fernandes Correia ^a   Lora, Priscila Schmidt ^b   Brenol, João Carlos T ^c   Grutcki, Denis Maltz ^b   Xavier, Ricardo Machado ^a,d  

^a HCPA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FRGS   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antinuclear antibodies; Autoantibody; HEP 2 cells; Indirect immunofluorescent

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; QUALITY CONTROL; RHEUMATOLOGY; STANDARDIZATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 67651159146     PISSN: 04825004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0482-50042009000200003     Document Type: Article

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