A Discrepancy in the Values of Serum (1→3) -β-D-glucan Measured by Two Kits Using Different Methods

Japanese Journal of Medical Mycology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 237-242

  Yoshida, Koichiro ^a   Niki, Yoshihito ^a   Mitekura, Hisaharu ^a   Nakajima, Masamitsu ^a   Kawane, Hiroshi ^a   Matsushima, Toshiharu ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

(detergent) dilution and heating method; (serum (1 3) D glucan); alkali treatment, chromogenic automated kinetic assay; carboxymethylated curdlan; kinetic turbidimetric assay; non specific reaction

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; BETA GLUCAN; BETA-1,3-GLUCAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GLUCAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSIS; PHOTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETA-GLUCANS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLORIMETRY; FEMALE; GLUCANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035231703     PISSN: 09164804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3314/jjmm.42.237     Document Type: Article

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