Immunological diagnosis of human cystic echinococcosis: Utility of discriminant analysis applied to the enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 504-508

  Gadea, I ^a,c   Ayala, G ^b   Diago, M T ^a,d   Cunat A ^a,d   Garcia De Lomas J ^a  

^a Clinic Hospital of Valencia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL LLUÍS ALCANYÍS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL DEGRANULATION TEST; CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LIVER HYDATID CYST; LUNG HYDATID CYST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0032779835     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.4.504-508.1999     Document Type: Article

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