Lyme borreliosis - Problems of serological diagnosis

Infection

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 470-472

  Hofmann, H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHEMA CHRONICUM MIGRANS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LYME DISEASE; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030449980     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01713052     Document Type: Article

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