Erschienen in:
01.05.2009 | Letter to the Editor
A proposed model for effective collaboration between rheumatologists and clinical pathologists for the diagnosis of autoimmune rheumatic diseases
verfasst von:
Nicola Bizzaro, Gabriella Morozzi
Erschienen in:
Rheumatology International
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Ausgabe 7/2009
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Excerpt
Tests for detecting autoantibodies are very useful in diagnosing and monitoring autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARD). However, the continual discovery of new specific autoantibodies and the great advances in laboratory technology have given rise in recent years to the introduction of new tests and new diagnostic methods to the point that the clinician may find himself in difficulty as to which tests should be requested in a given context and how the results obtained should be interpreted. …