A Sensitive Enzyme Immunoassay for the Measurement of Small Quantities of Erythrocyte-Associated IgG in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Who had Negative Direct Antiglobulin Test

Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 63-71

  Hachimura, Kazuo ^a   Uchiyama, Yukinobu ^a   Ohtani, Hideki ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CRM 470 (IFCC international reference); Direct antiglobulin test (DAT); Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA); Erythrocyte associated IgG (EAIgG); Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; COOMBS TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COOMBS' TEST; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033107785     PISSN: 09114300     EISSN: 13497413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2177/jsci.22.63     Document Type: Article

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