Relative avidities of human immunoglobulin G antibodies for streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins A and B

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 977-980

  Mascini, Ellen M ^a   Jansze, Margriet ^a   Verhoef, Jan ^a   Van Dijk, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; PYROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0032756635     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.6.977-980.1999     Document Type: Article

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