Exclusion of recent toxoplasmosis infections in pregnant women by determination of anti-Toxoplasma gondii immunoglobulin G avidity test;Exclusion d'infection toxoplasmique recente chez la femme enceinte par la methode Toxo IgG avidity Vidas®

Annales de Biologie Clinique

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 194-197

  Eloy, O ^a   Ould Mohamed, A E ^a   Zuilly, E ^a   Volland, J ^a   Ghnassia, J C ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SEROCONVERSION; SERUM; TIME; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TIME FACTORS; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0034026036     PISSN: 00033898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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