No interference of the 1,3-β-d-glucan containing nutritional supplement ImunixX with the 1,3-β-d-glucan serum test

Mycoses

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Spriet, Isabel ^a   Desmet, Stephanie ^a   Willems, Ludo ^a   Lagrou, Katrien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antigen test; Cell wall; Identification

Indexed keywords

BETA 1,3 GLUCAN; IMUNIXX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA 1,3 GLUCAN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; BETA-GLUCANS; DIET; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MYCOLOGY; SERUM;

EID: 80052797599     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2010.01922.x     Document Type: Article

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