ELISA for factor VIII antibodies: Does it detect antibodies much before the conventional Bethesda assay? [2]

Haemophilia

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 654-

  Shetty, S ^a   Ghosh, Kanjaksha ^a   Mohanty, D ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 ANTIBODY; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8 INHIBITOR;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0141886910     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2516.2003.00810.x     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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2. Shetty S, Ghosh K, Mohanty D. An ELISA assay for the detection of factor VIII antibodies - comparison with the conventional Bethesda assay in a large cohort of haemophilia samples. Acta Haematol 2003; 109: 18-22.
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