Use and abuse of laboratory tests in clinical immunology: critical considerations of eight widely used diagnostic procedures. Report of a joint IUIS/WHO meeting on assessment of tests used in clinical immunology

MeSH terms

• Animals
• Antigen-Antibody Complex / analysis
• Autoantibodies / analysis
• Blood Protein Electrophoresis / statistics & numerical data
• Clinical Competence / standards*
• Complement System Proteins / analysis
• Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / statistics & numerical data
• Fluorescent Antibody Technique / statistics & numerical data
• Humans
• Immune System Diseases / diagnosis*
• Immunodiffusion / standards
• Immunodiffusion / statistics & numerical data
• Immunoelectrophoresis / standards
• Immunoelectrophoresis / statistics & numerical data
• Immunoglobulin E / analysis
• Immunoglobulins / analysis
• Immunoglobulins / cerebrospinal fluid
• Immunoglobulins / urine
• Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / diagnosis
• Immunologic Techniques / economics
• Immunologic Techniques / statistics & numerical data*
• International Cooperation
• Lymphocytes / immunology
• Multiple Myeloma / diagnosis
• Multiple Myeloma / urine
• Nephelometry and Turbidimetry / standards
• Nephelometry and Turbidimetry / statistics & numerical data
• Radioimmunoassay / statistics & numerical data
• Switzerland
• World Health Organization