Update on value of the anion gap in clinical diagnosis and laboratory evaluation

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 307, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 33-36

  Lolekha, Porntip H ^a   Vanavanan, Somlak ^a   Lolekha, Somsak ^b  

^a Department of Pathology   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Anion gap; Ion selective electrode; Reference range

Indexed keywords

ANION GAP; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIONS; CATIONS; CLINICAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035038418     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(01)00459-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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