Seasonal pseudohyperkalaemia

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 385-388

  Sinclair, D ^a   Briston, P ^a   Young, R ^a   Pepin, N ^b  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOHYPERKALEMIA; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SUMMER; WARD; WINTER;

BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERKALEMIA; POTASSIUM; SEASONS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0037656346     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.56.5.385     Document Type: Article

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