Specific IgG antibody subsclasses to Angiostrongylus cantonensis in patients with angiostrongyliasis

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 235-240

  Intapan, Pewpan M ^a   Maleewong, Wanchai ^a   Polsan, Yada ^a   Sawanyawisuth, Kittisak ^a   Chotmongkol, Verajit ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4 ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOSTRONGYLOSIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MENINGITIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; RAT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MENINGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0037961702     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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