Lymphocyte transformation assay for C neoformans antigen is not reliable for detecting cellular impairment in patients with Neurocryptococcosis-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Lymphocyte transformation assay for C neoformans antigen is not reliable for detecting cellular impairment in patients with Neurocryptococcosis

Published:2012-10-30 Issue:1 Volume:12 Page:
ISSN:1471-2334
Container-title:BMC Infectious Diseases
language:en
Short-container-title:BMC Infect Dis

Author:

Rocha Katya C,Pinhal Cinthia,Cavalcanti Sônia,Vidal Monica SM,Toscano Matheus,Moraes-Vasconcelos Dewton,Duarte Alberto JS,Fonseca Fernando LA,de Abreu Luiz Carlos,Valenti Vitor E,Grumach Anete SG

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Infectious Diseases

Link

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1471-2334-12-278/fulltext.html

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