International standards for minimum potency of anti-A and anti-B blood grouping reagents: Evaluation of candidate preparations in an international collaborative study

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 336-344

  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 CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

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

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Grouping reagents; Potency; Safety; Specifications; Standardization

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP A ANTIBODY; BLOOD GROUP B ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; CALCULATION; DILUTION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FREEZE DRYING; HEMAGGLUTINATION; LABORATORY TEST; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TITRIMETRY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33750847227     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2006.00834.x     Document Type: Article

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