Addition of sodium fluoride to whole blood does not stabilize plasma homocysteine but produces dilution effects on plasma constituents and hematocrit

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2204-2206

  Hughes, Martin Patrick ^a   Carlson, Timothy H ^a,c   McLaughlin, M Kathleen ^a,c   Bankson, Daniel D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Pacific Biometrics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE SODIUM; HOMOCYSTEINE; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD STORAGE; COOLING; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 0031669965     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/44.10.2204     Document Type: Article

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