Detection and identification of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in a large community hospital

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-323

  Verstegen, G ^a   Duyck, M C ^a   Meeus, P ^a   Ravelingien, I ^a   De Vlam, Kurt ^a  

^a OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibodies, antinuclear; Extractable nuclear antigen; Fluorescent antibody technique, indirect

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; CENTROMERE PROTEIN B; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CRITHIDIA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 70350180962     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2009.049     Document Type: Article

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