Anti-gp43 antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with central nervous system involvement by Paracoccidioidomycosis

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 864-868

  De Almeida, Sérgio M ^a   Queiroz Telles, Flávio ^a   Doi, Elvira M ^a   Ono, Margaret ^a   Werneck, Lineu C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Cerebrospinal fluid; gp43; Neuroparacoccidioidomycosis; Paracoccidioidomycosis

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 43; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS; ADULT; AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACOCCIDIOIDES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNGAL INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARACOCCIDIOIDES; PARACOCCIDIOIDOMYCOSIS;

EID: 0036884985     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/H2LU-UX28-7QHN-V5H3     Document Type: Article

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