Clinical diagnostic performance of different methods for the detection of antibodies to extractable nuclear antigens in connective tissue diseases: A cohort study

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 625-629

  Lora, Priscila Schmidt ^a   Laurino, Claudia Cilene Fernandes Correa ^a,b   Becker, Bruno Silveira ^a   Monticielo, Odirlei André ^a,c   Brenol, João Carlos Tavares ^a   Xavier, Ricardo Machado ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; EXTRACTABLE NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE IMMUNODIFFUSION ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PASSIVE HEMAGGLUTINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOANTIGENS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 80051741300     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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