Follow-up of HIV-Western blot indeterminate results

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 518-521

  Jamjoom, Ghazi A ^a,b   Maatouk, Jamal ^a   Gazal, Malak ^a   Damanhouri, Laila ^a   Awliaa, Azza ^a   Ruwaihi, Nadia ^a   Bawazeer, Manal ^a   Halabi, Huaida ^a   Adel, Amira Abul ^a   Abdulla, Asma ^a  

^a KING FAHAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 7144256526     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1997.518     Document Type: Article

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