Multicentre evaluation of a new assay for determination of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin

Alcohol and Alcoholism

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 270-275

  Schwarz, Markus J ^f   Domke, Ingrid ^b   Helander, Anders ^c   Janssens, Pim M W ^d   Van Pelt, Johannes ^e   Springer, Beate ^a   Ackenheil, Manfred ^f   Bernhardt, Klaus ^a   Weigl, Gerhard ^a   Soyka, Michael ^f  

^a Zentrallabor   (Austria)

^b ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Department of Clinical Chemistry   (Germany)

^e Ludwig Maximilian Universität ^*  (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERUM; TRANSFERRIN;

TINA;

EID: 0038294694     PISSN: 07350414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agg064     Document Type: Article

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