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[Clinical importance of antinuclear antibodies]
1Zavod za klinicku imunologiju i reumatologiju, Klinika za unutrasnje bolesti Medicinskog fakulteta i Klinickog bolnickog centra Zagreb.
Lijecnicki Vjesnik
|August 1, 1997
Abstract:
Determination of antinuclear antibodies in the sera of patients with multisystem connective tissue disease has a long clinical application. In the review article authors report on their clinical significance and describe the types of antinuclear antibodies; anti-DNA antibodies, antihistone antibodies, anti-RNA-protein complexes and other antinuclear antibodies. The methods of laboratory determination of antibody types are discussed as well as their application in the diagnosis of autoimmune and multisystem-rheumatic diseases.