False positive results for the AUSZYME monoclonal test [9]

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 449-450

  Sheffield, Jeanne S ^a   Laibl, Vanessa R ^a   Roberts, Scott W ^a   Wendel Jr , George D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SCREENING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRUS CARRIER;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 13544277883     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000154475.56997.a4     Document Type: Letter

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