Performance of a new, rapid, automated immunoassay for the detection of anti-platelet factor 4/heparin complex antibodies

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 340-344

  Davidson, Simon J ^a   Ortel, Thomas L ^b   Smith, Larry J ^c  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

HemosIL HIT Ab; heparin induced thrombocytopenia; platelet factor 4 heparin antibody detection

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; ANTICOAGULANTS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; HEPARIN; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLATELET FACTOR 4; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 79955961820     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: 14735733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e328344f7e9     Document Type: Article

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