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Anti-Nuclear Antibody Screening Using HEp-2 Cells
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Antinuclear antibodies: when to test and how to interpret findings
1Department of Medicine, Regina General Hospital, Saskatchewan, Canada.
The Journal of Family Practice
|January 10, 2015
Abstract:
Order ANA assays only when clinical features suggest a connective tissue disorder. Let ANA immunofluorescent patterns direct additional testing decisions.
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