Immunoblotting patterns in the serodiagnosis of aspergilloma: Antibody response to the 90 kDa aspergillus fumigatus antigen

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 146-152

  Lopez Medrano R ^a   Ovejero, M C ^a   Calera, J A ^a   Puente, P ^a   Leal, F ^a  

^a Departamento de Microbiología y Genética   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 0030009679     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01591488     Document Type: Article

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