Immunoreactivity of antigen extracts of Aspergillus fumigatus isolated from different sources

Revista Iberoamericana de Micologia

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 60-62

  Blanco, José L ^a   García, Marta E ^a,b   Kurup, Viswanath P ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

ABPA; Antigens; Aspergillus fumigatus; ELISA; Immunoreactivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002538046     PISSN: 11301406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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