Between-laboratory variability in oligoclonal IgG band numbering [2]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 270-272

  Franciotta, Diego ^a,d   Avolio, Carlo ^b   Lolli, Francesco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOLYTE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONSENSUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMMUNODETECTION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OLIGOCLONAL BANDS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 11144326735     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.042218     Document Type: Letter

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