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Descriptor English: Immunoassay
Descriptor Spanish: Inmunoensayo
Descriptor inmunoanálisis
Scope note: Técnica para la detección o cuantificación de una sustancia usando anticuerpos. Usualmente la sustancia en estudio sirve como antígeno, tanto para la producción de anticuerpos como para la determinación de anticuerpos por la sustancia del análisis.
Descriptor Portuguese: Imunoensaio
Descriptor French: Dosage immunologique
Entry term(s): Assay, Immunochromatographic
Assays, Immunochromatographic
Immunoassays
Immunochromatographic Assay
Immunochromatographic Assays
Tree number(s): E05.478.566
E05.601.470
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D007118
Scope note: A technique using antibodies for identifying or quantifying a substance. Usually the substance being studied serves as antigen both in antibody production and in measurement of antibody by the test substance.
Annotation: general or unspecified; prefer specifics; usually NIM
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MT methods
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Public MeSH Note: 1967; for IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY see IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY 2012-2018
History Note: 1967 (1966); for IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHIC ASSAY use CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY 2012-2018
DeCS ID: 22512
Unique ID: D007118
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/07/02
Immunoassay - Preferred
Concept UI M0011088
Scope note A technique using antibodies for identifying or quantifying a substance. Usually the substance being studied serves as antigen both in antibody production and in measurement of antibody by the test substance.
Preferred term Immunoassay
Entry term(s) Immunoassays
Immunochromatographic Assay - Narrower
Concept UI M0550933
Preferred term Immunochromatographic Assay
Entry term(s) Assay, Immunochromatographic
Assays, Immunochromatographic
Immunochromatographic Assays



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