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New methods for antinuclear antibody testing: does it cut costs and corners without jeopardizing clinical reliability?

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boxed-textVos PAJM et al. (2006) Cost-effective detection of non-antidouble-stranded DNA antinuclear antibody specificities in daily clinical practice. Rheumatology 45: 629–635

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The Wallace Rheumatic Studies Center was a participating center in a clinical trial sponsored by Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA, USA.

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