Decreased measles virus-neutralizing activity in sera from otosclerotic patients

ORL

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 279-283

  Lolov, Stephan ^a,b   Zarzalanova, Petya ^a   Edrev, George ^b   Kyurkchiev, Stanimir ^a  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b 'Tzar Boris III' Hospital   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Measles; Otosclerosis; Virus neutralizing antibodies

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FRAGMENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPLEMENT INHIBITION; DILUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; MONOLAYER CULTURE; OTOSCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL LINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MALE; MEASLES VIRUS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; OTOSCLEROSIS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS;

EID: 1642578173     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000075226     Document Type: Article

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