In vitro allergy diagnosis: Comparison of a new method of fully automated determination of specific IgE, using Immulite 2000 compared with UniCAP 100

European Annals of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 285-294

  Vignati, G ^a   Pastori, E ^a   Portalupi, S ^a   Temporiti, R ^a  

^a Ospedale G Fornaroli   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALIBRATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E DETERMINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ALLERGENS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CALIBRATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0242583639     PISSN: 03979148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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