Effects of sample handling on the stability of interleukin 6, tumour necrosis factor-α and leptin

Cytokine

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1712-1716

  Flower, Louise ^a   Ahuja, Radhika H ^a   Humphries, Steve E ^b   Mohamed Ali, Vidya ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IL 6; Leptin; Stability; Storage; TNF

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CITRATE SODIUM; EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN DERIVATIVE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE; THAWING;

EID: 0033671464     PISSN: 10434666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cyto.2000.0764     Document Type: Article

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