Limitations of antinuclear antibody tests (HEp-2) are overcome with the autoimmune target test (IT-1) in systemic lupus erythematosus

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1833-1834

  Jearn, La He ^a   Kim, Duck An ^a   Kim, Think You ^a  

^a Hanyang University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; RO ANTIBODY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY TEST; AUTOIMMUNE TARGET TEST; AUTOIMMUNITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEP 2 CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; MACROPHAGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; CELL LINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 68849088486     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090118     Document Type: Letter

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