A newly developed gel centrifugation test for quantification of RBC-bound IgG antibodies and their subclasses IgG1 and IgG3: Comparison with flow cytometry

Transfusion

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 612-618

  Lynen, Rainer ^a,b   Krone, Olaf ^a,b   Legler, Tobias J ^a,b   Köhler, Michael ^a,b   Mayr, Wolfgang R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; CENTRIFUGATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HEMOLYTIC DISEASE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; BLOOD GROUP INCOMPATIBILITY; CENTRIFUGATION; ERYTHROBLASTOSIS, FETAL; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GELS; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GAMMA-CHAINS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036559572     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2002.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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