Abstract:
:The antiperinuclear factor (APF) test is as sensitive and specific for rheumatoid arthritis as the classical rheumatoid factor tests. Five European laboratories decided to perform a consensus study on the interlaboratory variability of the APF test. They used different donor cells, different conjugates and different criteria for positivity. However, the results differed by not more than one two-fold dilution step, when expressed in international units using WHO reference rheumatoid arthritis serum as the standard.
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Clin Exp Rheumatoljournal_title
Clinical and experimental rheumatologyauthors
Feltkamp TE,Berthelot JM,Boerbooms AM,Geertzen HG,Hoet R,De Keyser F,van Venrooij WJ,Verbruggen G,Veys EM,Youinou Psubject
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1993-01-01 00:00:00pages
57-9issue
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0392-856Xissn
1593-098Xjournal_volume
11pub_type
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