Analysis of the dynamics of cryoaggregation by light-scattering spectrometry

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 152-158

  Di Stasio, Enrico ^a   Bizzarri, Patrizia ^b   Bove, Maurizio ^c   Casato, Milvia ^c   Giardina, Bruno ^a   Fiorilli, Massimo ^c   Galtieri, Antonio ^d   Pucillo, Leopoldo P ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryoaggregation; Cryoglobulin; Immune complexes

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; CASE REPORT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYOPRECIPITATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TURBIDITY;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; COLD; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIGHT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037226877     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2003.025     Document Type: Review

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