Undetectable anti-tissue transglutaminase IgA antibody measured with EliA Celikey indicates selective IgA deficiency

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 411, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 612-

  Löwbeer, Christian ^a,b   Wallinder, Hans ^a  

^a Department of Clinical Chemistry ^*  (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTIBODY DETECTION; AUTOANALYZER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CELIAC DISEASE; HUMANS; IGA DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSGLUTAMINASES;

EID: 77649186965     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.01.020     Document Type: Letter

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