Comparison of a gel microcolumn assay with the conventional tube test for red blood cell alloantibody titration

Transfusion

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 811-815

  Finck, Rachel ^a   Lui Deguzman, Carrie ^a   Teng, Shih Mao ^a   Davis, Rebecca ^a   Yuan, Shan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIBODY; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD BANK; CONVENTIONAL TUBE TEST; GEL MICROCOLUMN ASSAY; HUMAN;

BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; ISOANTIBODIES; KELL BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; RH-HR BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 84876113302     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03793.x     Document Type: Article

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