Reference values for a homogeneous ferritin assay and traceability to the 3rd international recombinant standard for ferritin (NIBSC code 94/572)

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 821-825

  Lotz, Johannes ^a,b   Hafner, Gerd ^a   Prellwitz, Winfried ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Inst Klin Chem L   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ferritin; NIBSC 94 572; Reference interval

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FERRITIN; HEME; PROTOPORPHYRIN ZINC; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRON DEFICIENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

CHIRON; TINA;

EID: 0032845793     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.1999.123     Document Type: Article

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