Antigen-specific free immunoglobulin light-chain antibodies: Could it be a new diagnostic marker for patients with allergy?

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 955-959

  Nakano, Takanari ^a   Takahashi, Hidenori ^b   Miyazaki, Shuichi ^c   Kawai, Shin ichiro ^a   Shinozaki, Rina ^a   Komoda, Tsugikazu ^a   Nagata, Atsuo ^c  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c YAMASA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergy; Antibody; Free immunoglobulin light chain; Immunoassay

Indexed keywords

1 FLUORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; POLLEN ANTIGEN; PROTEIN G;

ALLERGY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

EID: 33748438946     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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