Within-person variation of plasma homocysteine and effects of posture and tourniquet application

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1850-1855

  Rasmussen, Karsten ^a   Møller, Jan ^a   Lyngbak, Marianne ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TOURNIQUET; VASCULAR DISEASE; VEIN PUNCTURE;

EID: 0032833988     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/45.10.1850     Document Type: Article

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