Correlation between the immunological condition and the results of immunoenzymatic tests in diagnosing infectious mononucleosis

Acta Biomedica de l'Ateneo Parmense

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-50

  Tamaro, Giorgio ^a   Donato, Michela ^a   Princi, Tanja ^b   Parco, Sergio ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Immunoenzymatic assay; Infectious mononucleosis

Indexed keywords

HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

AGGLUTINATION; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CAPSID PROTEINS; CHILD; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 68249109144     PISSN: 03924203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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