Parathyroid hormone is more stable in EDTA plasma than in serum

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 766-767

  Glendenning, Paul ^a   Laffer, Leonie L A ^a   Weber, Hayley K ^a   Musk, Alexander A ^a   Vasikaran, Samuel D ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD STORAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PLASMA; PROTEIN STABILITY; SERUM;

EID: 0036231421     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/48.5.766     Document Type: Article

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