Selection and use of laboratory tests in the rheumatic diseases

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 2 A, 1996, Pages 16S-23S

  Barland, Peter ^a,c   Lipstein, Esther ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CRYOGLOBULIN; HISTONE ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SCREENING TEST; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; CRYOGLOBULINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

EID: 85048353293     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9343(97)89542-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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