Understanding clinical immunological testing in alleged chemically induced environmental illnesses

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 1 II, 1996, Pages

  Salvaggio, John E ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; CYTOKINE;

B LYMPHOCYTE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THEORY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MONOCYTES; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0029985036     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.1996.0072     Document Type: Article

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