Latex fixation test

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A latex fixation test (or latex agglutination test) is an agglutination technique used to detect antibodies, such as those produced in response to the rubella virus or the rheumatoid factor.

[edit] See also

• Visceral_leishmaniasis#Diagnosis

[edit] External links

• MeSH Latex+fixation+test
• Singer JM, Edberg SC, Selinger M, Amram M (1979). "Quality control of the latex-fixation test". Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 72 (4): 591–6. PMID 495562. 

v • d • e Immunologic techniques and tests - serology/diagnostic immunology Immunoprecipitation Chromatin immunoprecipitation - Immunodiffusion (Ouchterlony double immuno diffusion, Radial immunodiffusion, Immunoelectrophoresis, Counterimmunoelectrophoresis) Immunoassay ELISA - Enzyme Multiplied Immunoassay Technique - RAST test - Radioimmunoassay - Immunofluorescence Agglutination Hemagglutination (Coombs test) - Latex fixation test Other Nephelometry - Complement fixation test - Immunohistochemistry - Epitope mapping