Usefulness of ELISA using Antigen A60 in Serodiagnosis of Neurotuberculosis

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-14

  Thakur, Archana ^a   Mandal, Anandita ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MYCOBACTERIAL A60 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; SEROLOGY; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MYCOBACTERIUM; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TUBERCULOMA; TUBERCULOSIS, MENINGEAL;

EID: 0030096981     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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