The Coombs' test in veterinary medicine: Past, present, future

Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 325-334

  Wardrop, K Jane ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alloantibody; Antiglobulin test; Blood; Coombs' test; Hematology; Veterinary medicine

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; ANTIIDIOTYPIC ANTIBODY; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; BLOOD; COOMBS TEST; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; COOMBS' TEST; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 29844435507     PISSN: 02756382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-165X.2005.tb00057.x     Document Type: Review

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