Assay of tubercular antibody, circulating free and immune complexed antigen in the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis

Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 203-206

  Banerjee, Swati ^a   Nair, E Raji ^a   Kumar, Satish ^a   Reddy, M V R ^a   Harinath, Bhaskar C ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antibody; Antigen; Elisa; Es 31 antigen; Immunodiagnosis; Pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042407881     PISSN: 09701915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02864862     Document Type: Article

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