Use of a directly conjugated monoclonal anti-D (BRAD-3) for quantification of fetomaternal hemorrhage by flow cytometry

Transfusion

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 432-437

  Lloyd Evans, P ^a   Kumpel, B M ^b   Bromelow, I ^c   Austin, E ^d   Taylor, E ^e  

^a NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^b Intl Blood Grp Ref Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^c Mersey and N Wales Transfus Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d Manchester Blood Centre   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY BRAD 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CELL SEPARATION; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0029901598     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1996.36596282587.x     Document Type: Article

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