Evaluation of intrinsic and routine quality of serum total magnesium measurement

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 292, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 55-68

  Dewitte, Katy ^a   Stöckl, Dietmar ^a   Van De Velde, Martine ^a   Thienpont, Linda M ^a  

^a Fac Farmaceutische Wetenschappen   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Intrinsic quality; Method comparison; Routine quality; Total magnesium

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; LABORATORY; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0342980883     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(99)00203-X     Document Type: Article

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