Standardized detection of anti-ds DNA antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence - A new age for confirmatory tests in SLE diagnostics

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 412, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 2011-2012

  Roggenbuck, Dirk ^a   Reinhold, Dirk ^b   Hiemann, Rico ^c   Anderer, Ursula ^c   Conrad, Karsten ^d  

^a GA GENERIC ASSAYS GMBH   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Lausitz University of Applied Sciences   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti dsDNA antibody; CLIFT; ELISA; Farr assay; SLE

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY;

CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA LUCILLIAE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINETOPLAST; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LABORATORIES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE;

EID: 80051674430     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2011.07.005     Document Type: Letter

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