Rapid and simple IgG specific test for the exclusion of heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2065-2068

  Kolde, Hans Jürgen ^a   Dostatni, Ralf ^b   Mauracher, Susanne ^b  

^a Consulting Diagnostics ^*  (Germany)

^b Milenia Biotec   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT); Immuno assay; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

GOLD NANOPARTICLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LATERAL FLOW IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

GOLD; HEPARIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PLATELET FACTOR 4; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84856547254     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.693     Document Type: Article

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