Diagnostic performance of red cell sorbitol assay in a Nigerian Teaching Hospital

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 262, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Anaja, H P ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Diagnostic performance; Fluorimetric enzymatic; Red cell sorbitol (RCS)

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSAMINE; SORBITOL;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG DETERMINATION; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; L-IDITOL 2-DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SORBITOL; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0030902429     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(97)06523-6     Document Type: Article

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