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Self help for platelet serologists: the Australian Platelet Antibody Workshops.
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Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) [Transfus Med] 1992 Dec; Vol. 2 (4), pp. 319-22. - Publication Year :
- 1992
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Abstract
- The first three Australian Platelet Antibody Workshops (APAW) were held under the auspices of the Australasian Society of Blood Transfusion (ASBT) in 1989, 1990 and 1991. Participants submitted serum samples to the convenor who coded and distributed samples to laboratories routinely performing platelet serology. Results were summarized and discussed at the annual ASBT meetings. This report documents the evolution of platelet antibody tests in Australia and demonstrates the marked improvements in the participants' ability to differentiate platelet-specific antibodies from HLA antibodies and to identify the alloantigenic specificity of platelet antibodies. Five reference laboratories in Australia now hold panels typed for at least three platelet alloantigens.
- Subjects :
- Australia
False Negative Reactions
False Positive Reactions
HLA Antigens immunology
Histocompatibility Testing standards
Humans
Isoantigens immunology
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Sensitivity and Specificity
Single-Blind Method
Antigens, Human Platelet immunology
Blood Platelets immunology
Histocompatibility Testing methods
Isoantibodies blood
Serology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0958-7578
- Volume :
- 2
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England)
- Accession number :
- 1339585
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3148.1992.tb00176.x