Measles IgM immunoreactivity in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

Italian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 378-382

  Balzola, F A ^b   Khan, K ^a   Pera, A ^c   Bonino, F ^b   Pounder, R E ^a   Wakefield, A J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crohn's disease; Ulcerative colitis; Viral serology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MEASLES ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VIRUS HEPATITIS; BLOOD DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASLES VIRUS; RUBELLA VIRUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; CROHN DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MALE; MEASLES; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0031593774     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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