[Solid phase techniques in blood group serology]
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Published on: March 13, 2015
H Uthemann1, L Sturmfels, V Lenhard
1BIOTEST AG, Dreieich, BRD.
Abstract:
As alternatives to hemagglutination, solid-phase red blood cell adherence assays are of increasing importance. The adaptation of the new techniques to microplates offers several advantages over hemagglutination. Using microplates the assays may be processed semiautomatically, and the results can be read spectrophotometrically and interpreted by a personal computer. In this paper, different red blood cell adherence assays for AB0 grouping, Rh typing, Rh phenotyping, antibody screening and identification, as well as crossmatching will be described.
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