Collection tubes with or without gel separator did not interfere with detection of rubella virus antibodies IgM and IgG

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 330-334

  De Oliveira, Léa Campos ^a   Kawasato, K H ^a   Otta, M S ^a   Lima, L P ^b   Okay, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Logx Financial and Statistical Consulting   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gel separator; Interference factor; Rubella antibodies detection; Tubes

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEROLOGY; TUBE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHILD; GELS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

RUBELLA; RUBELLA VIRUS;

EID: 35048817887     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: 10982825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.20194     Document Type: Article

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