Usefulness of Immunoblotting and Goldmann-Witmer Coefficient for Biological Diagnosis of Toxoplasmic Retinochoroiditis

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 34-38

  Robert Gangneux, F ^a,b   Binisti, P ^a   Antonetti, D ^a   Brezin, A ^a   Yera, H ^a   Dupouy Camet, J ^a  

^a Hospital Cochin Port Royal ^*  (France)

^b HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATARACT; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHORIORETINITIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR;

EID: 0442313606     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-003-1048-6     Document Type: Article

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