Detection of anti-nuclear antibodies by indirect immunofluorescence on HEp-2 cells: Setting the appropriate screening dilution for the diagnosis of autoimmune rheumatic diseases;Detecção de anticorpos antinucleares por imunofluorescência indireta em células HEp-2: Definindo a diluição de triagem adequada para o diagnóstico das doenças reumáticas autoimunes

Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-20

  Brito, Fabiano de Almeida ^a,b   Santos, Silvana Maria Elói ^b   Ferreira, Gilda Aparecida ^b   Pedrosa, William ^a   Gradisse, Janaina ^a   Costa, Lara Cristina ^a   Neves, Suzane Pretti Figueiredo ^b  

^a Instituto Hermes Pardini   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antinuclear antibodies; Autoimmune rheumatic disease; Indirect immunofluorescence; Reference value

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BRAZILIAN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DILUTION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMYOSITIS; PREVALENCE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84896514510     PISSN: 04825004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbr.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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