Identification of antibody responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigens in the CSF of tuberculous meningitis patients by Western blotting

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-40

  Patil, Shripad A ^a   Gourie Devi, M ^a   Ray Chaudhuri, J ^a   Chandramuki, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS;

EID: 0030272029     PISSN: 00901229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clin.1996.0154     Document Type: Article

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