Comparative evaluation of three commercial Tbxop/asma-specific IgG antibody avidity tests and significance in different clinical settings

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 358-364

  Bobić, Branko ^a   Klun, Ivana ^a   Vujanić, Marija ^a   Nikolić, Aleksandra ^a   Ivović, Vladimir ^a   Živković, Tijana ^a   Djurković Djaković, Olgica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; KINETICS; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KINETICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 61449134013     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.006668-0     Document Type: Article

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