Time to reconsider the clinical value of immunoglobulin G4 to foods?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 687-690

  Bernardi, Daniela ^a   Borghesan, Franco ^a   Faggian, Diego ^a   Bianchi, Fulvia Chieco ^a   Favero, Elisabetta ^a   Billeri, Lucia ^a   Plebani, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnostic accuracy; Exclusion diet; Food intolerance; Food specific IgG4 antibody

Indexed keywords

FOOD ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44349106057     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.131     Document Type: Article

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