Levels of specific antigen (gp43), specific antibodies, and antigen-antibody complexes in saliva and serum of paracoccidioidomycosis patients

Medical Mycology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 423-428

  Miura, C S N ^a   Estevao, D ^b   Lopes, D ^c   Itano, Eiko Nakagawa ^b  

^a Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

gp43; Immune complexes; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Paracoccidioidomycosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN 43 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MONITORING; MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; SALIVA;

EID: 0035157199     PISSN: 13693786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/mmy.39.5.423.428     Document Type: Article

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