Detection of specific antibodies in human blastomycosis by enzyme immunoassay

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 1995, Pages 1256-1259

  Bradsher, Robert W ^a   Pappas, Peter G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLASTOMYCES DERMATITIDIS; BLASTOMYCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; BLASTOMYCES; BLASTOMYCOSIS; CROSS REACTIONS; HUMAN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0028879068     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: 15418243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199512000-00013     Document Type: Article

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