Can fluoride-oxalate and sodium citrate stabilise homocysteine levels after blood collection?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1369-1372

  Lopez, Joseph B ^a   Peng, Chin Lai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

EDTA; Fluoride oxalate; Homocysteine; Sodium citrate; Stability

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SODIUM; EDETIC ACID; FLUORIDE; HEPARIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; OXALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM; PRESERVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD SMEAR; BLOOD STORAGE; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN STABILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

CITRATES; FLUORIDES; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; OXALATES; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 0142028060     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2003.210     Document Type: Article

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