Open AccessThe memory lymphocyte immunostimulation assay in immune system disorders: Is useful or useless?
Author(s) -
Maria Vadalà,
Carmen Laurino,
Beniamino Palmieri
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of laboratory physicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-7826
pISSN - 0974-2727
DOI - 10.4103/jlp.jlp_137_16
Subject(s) - immunology , medicine , lymphocyte , immune system , thimerosal , mercury (programming language) , dermatology , computer science , programming language
The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical relevance, sensitivity and specificity of in vitro blood test, Memory Lymphocyte ImmunoStimulation Assay (MELISA ® ), in genetically predisposed patients that suffer by autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants, after HPV-vaccination and that could have a high metal hypersensitivity.