A comparison of conventional tube test and gel technique in evaluation of direct antiglobulin test

Hematology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-178

  Das, Sudipta S ^a   Chaudhary, Rajendra ^a   Khetan, Dheeraj ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Autoimmune hemolytic anemia; Direct antiglobulin test; Gel test; Immunohematology

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOMBS TEST; ERYTHROCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERIAL COATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; COMPLEMENT C3D; COOMBS' TEST; GELS; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247231028     PISSN: 10245332     EISSN: 16078454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10245330601111862     Document Type: Article

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