| abstract |
PCT No. PCT/US92/00063 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 11, 1992 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 11, 1992 PCT Filed Jan. 10, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO92/11864 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 23, 1992A method is provided for qualitatively detecting in vitro the presence or absence of selected circulating antibody types using a diagnostic kit comprising reconstituted, after lyophilization or evaporative drying, red blood cell samples or other cell or cell-like material which have antigens which are recognized and bound by the selected antibody-type to be screened. Diagnostic kits containing the lyophilized blood samples according to the present invention have improved shelf life, and may comprise lyophilized samples packaged in a variety of forms convenient for manual single-test uses or automated multiple-test uses. |