The fat emulsion agglutination test: A reliable and cost effective alternative to the latex agglutination test for rapid bedside CRP measurement

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-148

  Richter, Dirk ^a   Röhricht, Arietta M ^a   Nürnberger, Wenzel ^a   Wahn, Volker ^a   Schroten, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bedside test; Children; CRP; Fat agglutination test; Newborn

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEPARIN; LIPID EMULSION;

ACCURACY; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CHILD; EMULSIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0343990736     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(97)06526-1     Document Type: Article

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