Naturally occurring anti-albumin antibodies are responsible for false positivity in diagnosis of autoimmune premature ovarian failure

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 397-405

  Pires, Eusebio S ^a   Parte, Priyanka P ^a   Meherji, Perveen K ^a   Khan, Shagufta A ^a   Khole, Vrinda V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (India)

Author keywords

Anti albumin antibodies; Autoantibodies; Autoimmune premature ovarian failure; Blocking agents; False positives

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN ANTIBODY; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE; OVARY; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33645113648     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.5A6778.2005     Document Type: Article

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