A comparative study on the reliability of an automated system for the evaluation of cell-based indirect immunofluorescence

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 713-716

  Melegari, Alessandra ^a   Bonaguri, Chiara ^b   Russo, Annalisa ^b   Luisita, Battistelli ^b   Trenti, Tommaso ^a   Lippi, Giuseppe ^b  

^a NOSAE Hospital   (Italy)

^b Parma Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti dsDNA antibody; Anti neutrophile cytoplasmic antibody; Anti nuclear antibody; Automated screening; Crithidia luciliae indirect immunofluorescence test; HEp 2 cell

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY;

ALGORITHM; AUTOMATION; CRITHIDIA; CRITHIDIA LUCILIAE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY TEST; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 84862868459     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: 18730183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2011.12.010     Document Type: Review

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