Immunodiagnosis of Neurocysticercosis: Disappointing Performance of Serology (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay) in an Unbiased Sample of Neurological Patients

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 633-636

  Ramos Kuri, Manuel ^a   Sotelo, Julio ^a   Montoya, Rosa Maria ^b   Padilla, Alesandro ^b   Govezensky, Tzipe ^b   Diaz, Maria Luisa ^b   Sciutto, Eoda ^b   Larralde, Carlos ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOTIN; PEROXIDASE;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; TAENIA SOLIUM;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN;

EID: 0026766999     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1992.00530300069012     Document Type: Article

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