Anticardiolipin antibodies in the sera of patients with diagnosed chronic fatigue syndrome

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 210-212

  Hokama, Yoshitsugi ^a   Campora, Cara Empey ^a   Hara, Cynthia ^a   Kuribayashi, Tina ^a   Le Huynh, Diana ^a   Yabusaki, Kenichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticardiolipin; Cardiolipin; Chronic fatigue syndrome; ELISA

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER MITOCHONDRION; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTICARDIOLIPIN; CARDIOLIPINS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER;

EID: 68049112201     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20325     Document Type: Article

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