Evaluation of seven commercial ELISA kits compared with the C1q solid- phase binding RIA for detection of circulating immune complexes

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 283-285

  Van Hoeyveld, Erna ^a   Bossuyt, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0033965574     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/46.2.283     Document Type: Article

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