Immunoglobulin G avidity in diagnosis of toxoplasmic lymphadenopathy and ocular toxoplasmosis

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 514-518

  Paul, Malgorzata ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0032771129     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.4.514-518.1999     Document Type: Article

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