Stabilization of homocysteine in unseparated blood over several days: A solution for epidemiological studies

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 518-520

  Clark, Sarah ^a,b   Youngman, Linda D ^a   Sullivan, Joan ^a   Peto, Richard ^a   Collins, Rory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOSULFONYL 7 FLUOROBENZO 2 OXA 1,3 DIAZOLE; EDETATE DISODIUM; EDETIC ACID; FLUORIDE SODIUM; HOMOCYSTEINE; OXALIC ACID; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM; PRESERVATIVE; PROTEIN; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE; SULFUR; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; TRIS(2 CARBOXYETHYL)PHOSPHINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVICE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESERVATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; EDETIC ACID; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM FLUORIDE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037372816     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/49.3.518     Document Type: Article

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