IgM quantification in the cerebrospinal fluid of sleeping sickness patients by a latex card agglutination test
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- 8 August 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Tropical Medicine & International Health
- Vol. 7 (8) , 685-692
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00917.x
Abstract
An increased IgM concentration in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), occurring as a consequence of massive intrathecal IgM synthesis, is a marker of interest for diagnosis of the meningo‐encephalitic stage i...Keywords
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