Assessment of four serological techniques in the immunological diagnosis of farmers' lung disease

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1317-1321

  Reboux, Gabriel ^a   Piarroux, Renaud ^a   Roussel, Sandrine ^a   Millon, Laurence ^a   Bardonnet, Karine ^a   Dalphin, Jean Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; CELLULOSE ACETATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ABSIDIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA RECTIVIRGULA; SEROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ABSIDIA; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; BASIDIOMYCOTA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COUNTERIMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROTIALES; FARMER'S LUNG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; MALE; PRECIPITINS; SACCHAROPOLYSPORA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 36148976844     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46953-0     Document Type: Article

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