Method comparison for total plasma homocysteine between the Abbott IMx analyzer and an HPLC assay with internal standardization

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 152-153

  Pfeiffer, Christine M ^a   Twite, Della ^a   Shih, Jessie ^b   Holets McCormack, Shelley R ^b   Gunter, Elaine W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0032959497     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/45.1.152     Document Type: Article

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