Development and validation of an automated latex-enhanced immunoassay for prealbumin

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1316-1324

  Holownia, Peter ^a   Newman, David J ^a   Thakkar, Hansa ^a   Bedzyk, William D ^b   Crane, Helen ^a   Olabiran, Yemi ^a   Davey, Carol L ^a   Price, Christopher P ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Wilmington Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN; LATEX; MACROGOL; PREALBUMIN; STYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYSIS; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; LIGHT SCATTERING; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGGLUTINATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOANALYSIS; DRUG STABILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PREALBUMIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031776427     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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