Validation of a particle enhanced immunoturbidimetric assay for serum β2-microglobulin on the dade aca

European Journal of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 861-865

  Newman, David J ^a   Kassai, Marta ^a   Craig, Alan R ^b   Gorman, Eileen G ^a   Price, Christopher P ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Dade International   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TURBIDIMETRY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BUFFERS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC TECHNIQUES; KIDNEY FAILURE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029805092     PISSN: 09394974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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