Interpretation of Antibodies Reacting Solely with Human Retroviral Core Proteins

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 318, Issue 7, 1988, Pages 448-449

  Ranki, Annamari ^a   Johansson, Eija ^a   Krohn, Kai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS PROTEIN;

DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; HIV; HIV ANTIBODIES; HUMAN; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

EID: 0023838069     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198802183180712     Document Type: Letter

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