Interference of (1→3)-β-D-glucan administration in the measurement of plasma (1→3)-β-D-glucan

Internal Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-101

  Ishizuka, Yasuo ^a   Tsukada, Hiroki ^a   Gejyo, Fumitake ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

(1 3) D glucan; Deep seated mycoses; False positive reaction; Lentinan; Schizophyllan

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; HEXADIMETHRINE BROMIDE; LENTINAN; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE; SCHIZOPHYLLAN; BETA GLUCAN; BETA-1,3-GLUCAN; GLUCAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MALE; MYCOSIS; OVARY CANCER; SERODIAGNOSIS; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH SURGERY; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERUS SURGERY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD; COLORIMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOMETRY; TIME;

AGED; BETA-GLUCANS; COLORIMETRY; FEMALE; GLUCANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542345488     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.97     Document Type: Article

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