Diagnostic values of IgG4 in human gnathostomiasis

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1013-1021

  Anantaphruti, Malinee T ^a   Nuamtanong, S ^a   Dekumyoy, P ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Gnathostomiasis; Human; IgG4; Immunoblot; Immunoglobulin G subclasses; Thailand

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

MEDICINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GNATHOSTOMIASIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; THELAZIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; CROSS REACTIONS; FEMALE; GNATHOSTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRURIDA INFECTIONS;

GNATHOSTOMA SPINIGERUM;

EID: 26844544330     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01478.x     Document Type: Article

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