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RHEUMATOID FACTOR TESTING OF SERUM AND SYNOVIAL FLUID, WITH COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF A NEW HAEMAGGLUTINATION TEST
Author(s) -
Webb John,
Peart M. B.,
Robinson R. G.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb92472.x
Subject(s) - rheumatoid arthritis , rheumatoid factor , medicine , synovial fluid , hemagglutination , latex fixation test , complement fixation test , hemagglutination tests , immunology , pathology , antibody , serology , osteoarthritis , alternative medicine
A new commercially available hæmagglutination test for rheumatoid factor has been evaluated and compared with the Rose‐Waaler and latex‐fixation tests for detection of rheumatoid factor in both serum and synovial fluid. The three tests correlate well In cases of rheumatoid arthritis, while in non‐ rheumatoid arthritides, the new test demonstrates a greater degree of specificity than the other two systems.