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latex test [2 records]

Record 1 2011-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • Bioengineering
  • Blood
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company's catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Technique biologique
  • Sang
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

For presence of antibody : a type of agglutination test in which antigen to a given antibody is adsorbed to latex particles and mixed with a solution to observe for agglutination of the latex.

Key term(s)
  • latex test

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
CONT

Les facteurs rhumatoïdes sont des immunoglobulines (de type IgM le plus souvent) dirigées contre le fragment Fc des immunoglobulines «dénaturées» de type IgG. On les dépiste habituellement par le test au latex (agglutination par le sérum du patient de particules de latex recouvertes d'IgG humaines) et par la réaction de Waaler-Rose (agglutination par le sérum du patient de globules rouges de mouton recouverts d'IgG de lapin).

Spanish

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