Between-laboratory quality control of automated analysis of IgG antibodies against Aspergillus fumigatus

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 278-281

  van Toorenenbergen, Albert W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; ELISA; IgG; Ouchterlony; Quality control

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; REAGENT;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDIZATION;

ANTIBODIES, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MYCOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84867637545     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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