An International Standard for specifying the minimum potency of anti-D blood-grouping reagents: Evaluation of a candidate preparation in an international collaborative study

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 131-139

  Thorpe, S J ^a   Fox, B ^a   Heath, A B ^a   Scott, M ^b   De Haas, M ^c   Kochman, S ^d   Padilla, A ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^c Sanquin Diagnostiek   (Netherlands)

^d CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anti D grouping reagents; International Standard; Potency

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; REAGENT; RHESUS D ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DILUTION; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; HEMAGGLUTINATION TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM;

EID: 33644899404     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2005.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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