Establishment of reference values for immunoglobulins in the cryoprecipitate

Clinical Immunology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 360-364

  Vermeersch, Pieter ^a   Gijbels, Koenraad ^a   Knockaert, Daniël ^a   Blockmans, Daniël ^a   Westhovens, René ^a   Mariën, Godelieve ^a   Bossuyt, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cryoglobulinemia; Cryoglobulins; Diagnosis; Immunoglobulin; Reference values

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CRYOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOPRECIPITATE; CRYOPRECIPITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPLEMENT C4; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 53749084898     PISSN: 15216616     EISSN: 15217035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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