A new method with general diagnostic utility for the calculation of immunoglobulin G avidity

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 725-728

  Korhonen, Maria H ^a   Brunstein, John ^a   Haario, Heikki ^b,c   Katnikov, Alexei ^c   Rescaldani, Roberto ^d   Hedman, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c ProfMath   (Finland)

^d SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARVOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA VIRUS; TECHNIQUE; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 0032879581     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.5.725-728.1999     Document Type: Article

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