Comparing different methods for homocysteine determination

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1139-1142

  Zappacosta, Bruno ^a   Persichilli, Silvia ^a   Scribano, Donata ^a   Minucci, Angelo ^a   Lazzaro, Daniele ^a   De Sole, Pasquale ^a   Giardina, Bruno ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036914938     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2002.200     Document Type: Article

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