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Research Article| Volume 17, ISSUE 3, P355-365, September 1997

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Enzyme Immunoassays for Antinuclear Antibodies

  • John L. Carey
    Correspondence
    Address reprint requests to John L. Carey, MD, Department of Pathology (ER6011), 2799 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, MI 48202
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    From the Department of Pathology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
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      To evaluate the potential advantages and disadvatages of the EANA, the immunopathology laboratory of the Henry Ford Health System compared the qualitative and quantitative results from several EANA assays to those from a well-standardized FANA assay and then correlated them with the clinical data.
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