Reducing the variation in performance of antibody titrations

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1194-1201

  Aubuchon, James P ^a   De Wildt Eggen, J ^b   Dumont, L J ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Sanquin   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; RHESUS C ANTIBODY; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RHESUS E ANTIBODY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; HUMAN; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; LABORATORY TEST; PHENOTYPE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 46849115376     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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