Quality assurance for cerebrospinal fluid protein analysis: International consensus by an internet-based group discussion

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-337

  Reiber, Hansotto ^a   Thompson, Edward J ^b   Grimsley, Guy ^c   Bernardi, Gaetano ^d   Adam, Pavel ^e   Monteiro de Almeida, Sergio ^f   Fredman, Pam ^g   Keir, Geoffrey ^b   Lammers, Manfred ^h   Liblau, Roland ⁱ   Menna Barreto, Marcio ^j   Sá, María José ^k   Seres, Erika ^l   Sindic, Christian J M ^m   Teelken, Albert ⁿ   Trendelenburg, Christian ^o   Trojano, María ^p   van Antwerpen, Marie Paule ^m   Verbeek, Marcel M ^q  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b National Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c Specialty Laboratories   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^e NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

^f Universidade Fereral do Parana   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^h Dade Behring Marburg GmbH   (Germany)

ⁱ PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^j PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^k HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^m CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^o Eye Hospital   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^q RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Albumin; Cerebrospinal fluid; Immunoglobulins; Oligoclonal IgG; Quality assurance; Total protein

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; INTERNET; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ALBUMINS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PROTEINS; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL;

LOTUS;

EID: 0037260299     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2003.053     Document Type: Article

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