Usefulness of pleural effusion antinuclear antibodies in the diagnosis of lupus pleuritis

Lupus

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1042-1046

  Toworakul, C ^a   Kasitanon, N ^a   Sukitawut, W ^a   Wichinun, R ^a   Louthrenoo, W ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

ANA; lupus pleuritis; pleural effusion

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXUDATIVE PLEURISY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUPUS PLEURITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PLEURA FLUID; PLEURISY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURAL EFFUSION; PLEURISY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052876510     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: 14770962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203311402531     Document Type: Article

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