Variation in the sensitivity of HBsAg screening kits

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 311-317

  Palmer, D R ^a   Perry, K R ^a   Mortimer, P P ^a   Parry, J V ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

donor screening; HBsAg; kit evaluation; screening kits; sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030483849     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.1996.tb00089.x     Document Type: Article

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