A readily available assay for anti-immunoglobulin A: Is this what we have been waiting for?

Transfusion

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2048-2050

  Yuan, Shan ^a   Goldfinger, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODY DETECTION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A DEFICIENCY;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; IGA DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

EID: 52949085418     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01906.x     Document Type: Editorial

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