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A haemagglutination inhibition test kit for routine analysis of erythropoietin

Haemagglutinationshemmungstest zur Routinebestimmung von Erythropoetin

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Mit einem kommerziell erhältlichen Hämagglutinations-Hemmungstest zur Routineanalyse des Erythropoetins konnten erhöhte Erythropoetintiter im Serum nicht nachgewiesen werden. Der Test kann in der derzeitigen Form nicht zur Bestimmung des Serumerythropoetins empfohlen werden.

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A commercially available haemagglutination inhibition test kit for routine analysis of erythropoietin was shown to be unable to detect elevated levels of serum Epo.

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Omran, N., Neumann, E. A haemagglutination inhibition test kit for routine analysis of erythropoietin. Blut 39, 225–228 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01008452

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