Iodinated contrast media interfere with gel barrier formation in plasma and serum separator tubes

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1187-1189

  Spiritus, Tom ^a   Zaman, Zahur ^a   Desmet, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; IODIXANOL; IOHEXOL; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE; MEGLUMINE IOXITALAMATE PLUS SODIUM IOXITALAMATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRIFUGATION; DENSITY; GEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PLASMA; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; RADIOGRAPHY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SERUM; TUBE;

ADULT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CONTRAST MEDIA; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; GELS; HUMANS; IOHEXOL; MALE; TRIIODOBENZOIC ACIDS;

EID: 0038610895     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/49.7.1187     Document Type: Article

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