Review for the generalist: The antinuclear antibody test in children - When to use it and what to do with a positive titer

Pediatric Rheumatology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Malleson, Peter N ^a   Mackinnon, Murray J ^b   Sailer Hoeck, Michaela ^c   Spencer, Charles H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

EID: 77957974476     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15460096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1546-0096-8-27     Document Type: Article

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