Effects of anticoagulants in amino acid analysis: Comparisons of heparin, EDTA and sodium citrate in vacutainer tubes for plasma preparation

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1052-1056

  Chuang, Chih Kuang ^a   Lin, Shuan Pei ^a   Lin, Yu Ting ^a   Huang, Fu Yuan ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CITRATE SODIUM; EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BODY FLUID; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0031948789     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/44.5.1052     Document Type: Article

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