An Italian multicenter study for application of a diagnostic algorithm in autoantibody testing

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1173, Issue , 2009, Pages 124-129

  Bonaguri, Chiara ^a,e   Melegari, Alessandra ^b   Dall'Aglio, Pierpaolo ^a   Ballabio, Andrea ^c   Terenziani, Paolo ^d   Russo, Annalisa ^a   Battistelli, Luisita ^a   Aloe, Rosalia ^a   Camisa, Roberta ^a   Campaniello, Giovanna ^a   Sartori, Elisabetta ^a   Monica, Cesare ^a  

^a Parma Hospital   (Italy)

^b Modena Hospital   (Italy)

^c Piacenza Hospital   (Italy)

^d Reggio Emilia Hospital   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti double stranded DNA; Anti extractable nuclear antigens; Antinuclear antibodies; Autoimmune rheumatic disease; Diagnostic algorithm

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; CELL ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY;

ALGORITHM; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; ITALY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE;

EMILIA;

EID: 69949142435     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04635.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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