Direct immunofluore-scence and immunohisochemistry in diagnostics of glomerulonephritis

Bosnian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-19

  Karasalihović, Zinaida ^a   Iljazović, Ermina ^a   Ferluga, Dušan ^b   Čičkušić, Elmir ^a   Mujanović, Jasminka Mustedanagić ^a   Stahov, Jugoslav ^c   Škaljić, Ina ^a  

^a Polyclinic for Laboratory Diagnostics   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUZLA   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Immune deposits; Immunofluorescence (IF); Immunoperoxidase (IP); Renal biopsies

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3C; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COMPLEMENT C1Q; COMPLEMENT C3C; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KIDNEY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 42449153826     PISSN: 15128601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17305/bjbms.2008.2989     Document Type: Article

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