Comparison of two flow cytometric methods for HLA B27 testing
β Scribed by D.A. Sinclair; J.E. Bray; R.A. Bray
- Book ID
- 119145581
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 93 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0198-8859
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A biannual external quality assurance (EQA) scheme for flow cytometric typing of the HLA-B27 antigen is operational in The Netherlands and Belgium since 1995. We report here on the results of the first seven send-outs to which 36 to 47 laboratories participated. With the send-out, four specimens fro
## Abstract ## Background Human leukocyte antigen B27 (HLAβB27) is a major histocompatibility complex class 1 molecule that is strongly associated with the disease ankylosing spondylitis. Testing for HLAβB27 is of diagnostic value because 90% of patients with ankylosing spondylitis have the B27 an