Diagnosis of tetanus immunization status: Multicenter assessment of a rapid biological test

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1057-1062

  Colombet, Isabelle ^a,b   Saguez, Colette ^c   Sanson Le Pors, Marie José ^d   Coudert, Benoît ^e   Chatellier, Gilles ^a   Espinoza, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE VERSAILLES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; EMERGENCY WARD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA TEST; LIKELIHOOD RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID BIOLOGICAL TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; WOUND;

ADULT; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION SCHEDULE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETANUS; TETANUS TOXOID; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 24944592380     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.12.9.1057-1062.2005     Document Type: Article

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