Evaluation of IgA-mediated humoral immune response against the mycobacterial antigen P-90 in diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 601-605

  Alifano, Marco ^a,b   De Pascalis, Roberto ^a   Sofia, Matteo ^a   Faraone, Stanislao ^a   Del Pezzo, Mariassunta ^a   Covelli, Italo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

antigen P 90; IgA; serodiagnosis; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN; TUBERCULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR;

EID: 0030934794     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.3.601     Document Type: Article

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