International collaborative study to evaluate a recombinant L ferritin preparation as an International Standard

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1582-1587

  Thorpe, Susan J ^a   Walker, Dawn ^b   Arosio, Paolo ^c   Heath, Alan ^d   Cook, James D ^a   Worwood, Mark ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; STANDARDIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0030774743     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.9.1582     Document Type: Article

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