Long-term persistence of immunoglobulin A (IgA) and IgM antibodies against human cytomegalovirus in solid-organ transplant recipients

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 621-623

  Eing, Bodo R ^a   Baumeister, Horst G ^a   Kuehn, Joachim E ^a   May, Guenter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY;

EID: 0032814429     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.4.621-623.1999     Document Type: Article

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