Antibody Testing in Lyme Disease A Comparison of Results in Four Laboratories

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 262, Issue 24, 1989, Pages 3431-3434

  Schwartz, Brian S ^a,e   Goldstein, Michael D ^b   Ribeiro, Jose M C ^c   Schulze, Terry L ^d   Shahied, S I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d New Jersey State Department of Health   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; LABORATORIES; LYME DISEASE; NEW JERSEY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024784610     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1989.03430240067031     Document Type: Article

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