Lymphocyte transformation test: a new method for diagnosis of neurocysticercosis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 198-202

  Prasad, Amit ^a   Prasad, Kashi Nath ^a   Yadav, Abhisek ^a   Gupta, Rakesh Kumar ^a   Pradhan, Sunil ^a   Jha, Sanjeev ^a   Tripathi, Mukesh ^a   Husain, Mazhar ^b  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Brain; Lymphocyte transformation test; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurocysticercosis; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION TEST; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STIMULATION; TISSUE CULTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

EID: 43549106094     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.12.016     Document Type: Article

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