Hemagglutination test

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A hemagglutination tests are immunologic tests that are a agglutination test. Hemagglutination tests are "sensitive tests to measure certain antigens, antibodies, or viruses, using their ability to agglutinate certain erythrocytes."[1]

An example is the SimpliRED assay for d-dimer which is a whole blood autologous red cell hemagglutination assay used for the diagnosis of embolism and thrombosis.

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