RBC-associated IgG in patients with visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar): A prospective analysis

Transfusion

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1442-1447

  Vilela, Rosana B ^a,b   Bordin, José O ^a,b   Chiba, Akemi K ^a,b   Castelo, Adauto ^a,b   Barbosa, Maria C ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANEMIA; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD; COOMBS TEST; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVER DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANEMIA; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIMONY; COOMBS' TEST; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LIVER DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036831811     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2002.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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