High sensitivity and specificity of a new functional flow cytometry assay for clinically significant heparin-induced thrombocytopenia antibodies

International Journal of Laboratory Hematology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 135-143

  Garritsen, H S ^a   Probst Kepper, M ^a   Legath, N ^a   Eberl, W ^a   Samaniego, S ^b   Woudenberg, J ^c   Schuitemaker, J H N ^c   Kroll, H ^d   Gurney, D A ^e   Moore, G W ^e   Zehnder, J L ^b  

^a KLINIKUM BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IQ Products   (Netherlands)

^d Institute for Transfusion Medicine Dessau   (Germany)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional; Heparin induced thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTICLE GEL IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE POOR PLASMA;

FUNCTIONAL; HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANTICOAGULANTS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEPARIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLATELET FACTOR 4; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 84896140629     PISSN: 17515521     EISSN: 1751553X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijlh.12136     Document Type: Article

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