Methods for the determination of plasma total homocysteine: A review

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 199-204

  Amores Sánchez, Maria Isabel ^a   Medina, Miguel Ángel ^b  

^a District Hospital of Axarquía   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Derivatization; Enzyme immunoassay; Homocysteine; HPLC; Mass spectrometry; Reduction procedure

Indexed keywords

COBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYTIC METHOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DERIVATIZATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0037807702     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2000.028     Document Type: Review

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