The Relevance of Autoantigen Source and Cutoff Definition in Antichromatin (Nucleosome) Antibody Immunoassays - VILLALTA, DANILO; TOZZOLI, RENATO; BIZZARO, NICOLA; TONUTTI, ELIO; GHIRARDELLO, ANNA; DORIA, ANDREA (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2005)
Keywords: Adult; anti-native DNA antibodies; Antibodies, Antinuclear - blood; antichromatin antibodies; antinucleosome antibodies; Arthritis, Rheumatoid - immunology; Autoantibodies - blood; autoantigen source; Autoantigens - immunology; Biomarkers - analysis; Chromatin - immunology; cutoff; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Humans; Immunoassay; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - diagnosis; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic - immunology; Male; Nucleosomes - immunology; Prospective Studies; Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves; ROC Curve; Scleroderma, Systemic - immunology; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sjogren's Syndrome - immunology; systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)