IgG and IgG subclass antibodies in patients with active cutaneous leishmaniasis

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1329-1331

  Ozbilge, Hatice ^a   Aksoy, Nurten ^b   Gurel, Mehmet S ^b   Yazar, Suleyman ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SERUM; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY;

EID: 33750440782     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46667-0     Document Type: Article

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