Problems in the Use of Serologic Tests for the Diagnosis of Lyme Disease

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue 9, 1991, Pages 1837-1840

  Corpuz, Marilou ^a   Hilton, Eileen ^a   Lardis, M Peter ^a   Singer, Carol ^a   Zolan, John ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTHRITIS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; LYME DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0026075402     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1991.00400090115020     Document Type: Article

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