Evaluation of Tests for Rheumatoid Factor
| Autor: | Robert S. Pinals, John B. Henry |
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| Rok vydání: | 1970 |
| Předmět: |
musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry General Medicine Early rheumatoid arthritis Disease medicine.disease Test (assessment) Arthritis Rheumatoid Diagnosis Differential Rheumatoid Factor Internal medicine Rheumatoid arthritis Positive test result Immunology medicine Humans Rheumatoid factor In patient skin and connective tissue diseases business Rheumatoid factor test |
| Zdroj: | Postgraduate Medicine. 48:49-52 |
| ISSN: | 1941-9260 0032-5481 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00325481.1970.11693626 |
| Popis: | Many physicians have placed more reliance on the rheumatoid factor test than it deserves. The test often will support a tentative diagnosis of early rheumatoid arthritis and it may be valuable in establishing a prognosis in patients known to have the disease. However, a positive test result is not diagnostic of rheumatoid arthritis, because some normal persons have positive results and many patients with the disease have negative results. |
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