Evaluation of two new automated chemiluminescent assays (HemosIL®AcuStar HIT-IgG and HemosIL®AcuStar HIT-Ab) for the detection of heparin-induced antibodies in the diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 410-416

  Van Hoecke, F ^a   Devreese, K ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acustar; Chemiluminescence; Cutoff; ELISA; Heparin induced thrombocytopenia; HIT antibodies

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, ANTI-IDIOTYPIC; AUTOMATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPARIN; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84862844385     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553X.2012.01413.x     Document Type: Article

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