Evaluation and implementation of the gel test for indirect antiglobulin testing in a community hospital laboratory

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 693-697

  Cate IV, John C ^a,b   Reilly, Nancy ^b  

^a MUSC Medical Center   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; SEPHADEX;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; CONFERENCE PAPER; COOMBS TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; GEL; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HUMAN; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERUM;

COOMBS' TEST; DEXTRANS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032774320     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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