Immunometric assays and automation

Journal of Clinical Ligand Assay

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-125

  Jackson, Thomas ^a,d   Lucas, Ivan ^b   Woodhead, Stuart ^c  

^a Ciba Corning Diagnostics Corp   (United States)

^b Molec Light Technol Res Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Ciba Corning Diagnostics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody specificity; Immunoassay automation; Immunometric assay; Labeled antibodies; Non isotopic immunoassay; Reflex testing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY; IMMUNOASSAY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW;

EID: 0029859313     PISSN: 10811672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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