Distinct serum immunoglobulins pattern in Egyptian patients with chronic HCV infection analyzed by nephelometry

Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 103-114

  Lotfy, M ^a   El Kady, I M ^a   Nasif, W A ^a   El Kenawy, A E ^a   Badra, G ^a  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Immunoglobulins; Nephelometry

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EGYPT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; RNA, VIRAL; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 30644472988     PISSN: 15321819     EISSN: 15324230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15321810500403862     Document Type: Article

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