Antibodies against Stachybotrys chartarum extract and its antigenic components, Stachyhemolysin and Stachyrase-A: A new clinical biomarker

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Vojdani, Aristo ^a  

^a Immunosciences Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; ELISA; Stachybotrys; Stachyhemolysin; Stachyrase A

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FUNGUS ANTIBODY; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; STACHYHEMOLYSIN; STACHYRASE A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION KINETICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; SERUM; STACHYBOTRYS CHARTARUM;

ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; APOPTOSIS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL LINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STACHYBOTRYS;

EID: 20344380698     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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