Specific and early detection of IgG, IgA and IgM antibodies to Mycobacterium tuberculosis 38kDa antigen in pulmonary tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 249-253

  Uma Devi, K R ^a   Ramalingam, B ^a   Brennan, P J ^b   Narayanan, P R ^a   Raja, A ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; MYCOBACTERIUM ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMEAR;

EID: 0034977356     PISSN: 14729792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tube.2001.0293     Document Type: Article

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