The diagnostic utility of folate receptor autoantibodies in blood

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 545-554

  Sequeira, Jeffrey M ^a   Ramaekers, Vincent Th ^b   Quadros, Edward V ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autism; Autoantibodies; Brain development; Cerebral folate deficiency; Folate receptor; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; FOLATE RECEPTOR; FOLATE RECEPTOR 1; FOLATE RECEPTOR ALPHA AUTOANTIBODY; FOLATE RECEPTOR AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, BLOCKING; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; FOLATE RECEPTOR 1; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84882425300     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0577     Document Type: Conference Paper

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