Utilization of tests for Lyme disease antibody at a University hospital

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 287-289

  Nachamkin, Irving ^a   Riddle, Donna L ^a   Feldman, Michael ^a   Edelstein, Paul H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029953166     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.3.287-289.1996     Document Type: Article

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