Weakening or loss of antibody reactivity after prewarm technique

Transfusion

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1611-1614

  Leger, Regina M ^a   Garratty, George ^b  

^a AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; TECHNIQUE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANTIBODIES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; BLOOD; HEAT; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0242523646     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2003.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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