Do intrinsic factor antibodies assays provide univocal answers in biermer's disease?

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 337-339

  Corcuff, Jean Benoît ^a,b   Morel, Stéphanie ^a   Georges, Agnès ^a   De Bosredon, Karine ^a   Bordenave, Laurence ^a  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Médecine Nucléaire ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Intrinsic factor antibodies assays; Pernicious anemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; INTRINSIC FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANEMIA, PERNICIOUS; AUTOANTIBODIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTRINSIC FACTOR; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 53549097655     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20272     Document Type: Article

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