Belief is only half the truth - or why screening for heterophilic antibody interference in certain assays makes double sense

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 381-386

  Bjerner, Johan ^a,b   Bolstad, Nils ^b   Piehler, Armin ^a,c  

^a Furst Medical Laboratory   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROPHILE ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; IMMUNOASSAY; INFORMATION SCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; BAYES THEOREM; DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS;

EID: 84867122133     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2012.011228     Document Type: Article

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