What Agglutination Test Do We Need To Do For R.A?
The latex agglutination test is a laboratory method to check for certain
How the test is performed
The test depends on what type of sample is needed.
- For a urine sample, see
urine collection -- clean catch orurine collection (infants) . - For a blood sample, see
venipuncture . - For a cerebrospinal fluid sample, see
CSF collection .
The sample is sent to a lab, where it is mixed with latex...
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