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| It is a test that uses antibody and antigen complexes as a means of generating a measureable result. |
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An antibody:antigen complex also known as.. |
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refers to an immune response that causes the body to generate antibodies |
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In a test tube..what can be used as a reagent to detect the presence of ab in a pt serum? |
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When antigen added to pt serum in a test tube if an ab is present it means... |
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| the persons body has repsonded to that specific antigen before |
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Immunoassays are different from other types of lab tests, such as colorimetric tests, because.... |
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They use antibody:antigen complexes to generate a signal that can be measured |
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In contrast, most routine clinical chem tests utilize..... |
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chemical reactions between the reagent (a solution of chemicals or other agents) and patient sample to generate a test result. |
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An antibody is a protein that.... |
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is produced in the body in response to an "invading" foreign substance.
- produced to protect the body
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| the substance that the body is trying to "fight off" (eliminate or reduce) by mounting an immune reponse. |
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-anything measured by a lab test
-in immunoassay testing, the analyte may be either an antibody or an antigen |
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| antigenic site to which an antibody can bind to |
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| Antibodies possess high... |
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Specificity & Affinity for a specific antigen.
(it is the specific binding of an antibody to an antigen that allows the detection of analytes by a variety of immunoassay methods) |
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antibodies are a type of protein called |
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The most common type of immunoglobulin is.. |
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| protein composed of two main structural and functional regions |
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