Screening for connective tissue disease-associated antibodies by automated immunoassay
- Willems, Philippe
- De Langhe, Ellen
- Claessens, Jolien
- Westhovens, René
- Van Hoeyveld, Erna
- Poesen, Koen
- Vanderschueren, Steven
- Blockmans, Daniel Engelbert
- Bossuyt, Xavier
Publication date
January 2018
DOI Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH Journal
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM)Abstract
Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) are useful for the diagnosis of ANA-associated systemic rheumatic disease (AASRD). The objective of this study was the evaluation of an immunoassay that detects antibodies to a mixture of 17 antigens as an alternative to indirect immunofluorescence (IIF).status: accepte
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