When is the best time to order a western blot and how should it be interpreted?

Current Problems in Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue , 2009, Pages 167-177

  Hunfeld, K P ^a   Kraiczy, P ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; OSP17 PROTEIN; OSPC PROTEIN; OUTER SURFACE PROTEIN A; PROTEIN P100; PROTEIN P39; PROTEIN P43; PROTEIN P58; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VLSE PROTEIN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BORRELIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEARNING ALGORITHM; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHOLE CELL; ARTICLE;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; HUMANS; LYME DISEASE; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 67649516302     PISSN: 14215721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000213074     Document Type: Review

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