Lymphocyte transformation test for medicinal herbs yields false-positive results for first-visit patients

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 479-480

  Mantani, Naoki ^a,b   Kogure, Toshiaki ^a   Tamura, Jun'ichi ^a   Shimada, Yutaka ^b   Terasawa, Katsutoshi ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGELICA EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; KAMPO; MITOGENIC AGENT; SCUTELLARIAE RADIX;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER INJURY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MEDICINE, KAMPO; MIDDLE AGED; MITOGENS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038633344     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.10.3.479-480.2003     Document Type: Article

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