Evaluation of the usefulness of a serodiagnosis kit, the determiner TBGL antibody for tuberculosis: Setting reference value

Kekkaku

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 701-706

  Kishimoto, Toshio ^a,d   Moriya, Osamu ^b   Nakamura, Jun Ichi ^a   Matsushima, Toshiharu ^a   Soejima, Rinzo ^c  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Moriya Osamu Clinic   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL WELFARE   (Japan)

^d NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cord factor; Diagnosis; Enzyme immunoassay; Serodiagnosis; TBGL (tuberculous glycolipid antigen); Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REFERENCE VALUE; SERODIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032705523     PISSN: 00229776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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2. Kawamura M, Sueshige N, Imayoshi K, et al. : Enzyme immunoassay to detect antituberculous glycolipid antigen (Anti - TBGL antigen) antibodies in serum for diagnosis of tuberculosis. J Clin Labo Anallysis. 1997 ; 11 : 140-145.