Inter-assay variation in antiphospholipid antibody testing

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 348-349

  Roberts, Judith M ^a   Macara, Lena M ^a   Chalmers, Elizabeth A ^b   Smith, Gordon C S ^a  

^a QUEEN MOTHER S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; RECURRENT ABORTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036514592     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2002.01048.x     Document Type: Article

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