Effect of multiple freeze-thaw cycles on the stability of positive anti-treponemal serum samples

• Main Authors: Marcia Jorge Castejon (Author), Rosemeire Yamashiro (Author), Camila C. Oliveira (Author), Elaine L. Oliveira (Author), Edilene P. R. Silveira (Author), Carmem Aparecida F. Oliveira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Patologia Clínica, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT Introduction: Biological samples have long been used in multiple laboratory investigations, and this procedure has been an issue of concern, as the samples are submitted to repeated freeze-thaw cycles, which may affect the results of a particular immunodiagnostic assay, due to the occurrenc...