Multicenter evaluation of a fully mechanized soluble transferrin receptor assay on the Hitachi and Cobas Integra analyzers. The determination of reference ranges

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 529-536

  Kolbe Busch, Susanne ^a   Lotz, Johannes ^a   Hafner, Gerd ^a   Blanckaert, Norbert J C ^a   Claeys, Georg ^a   Togni, Giovanni ^a   Carlsen, Jürgen ^a   Röddiger, Ralf ^a   Thomas, Lothar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analytical performance; Iron metabolism; Method comparison; Reference ranges; Soluble transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; IRON DEFICIENCY; IRON METABOLISM; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURBIDIMETRY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLUBILITY; STANDARD;

TINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0036287341     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2002.091     Document Type: Article

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