Evaluation of the DPC IMMULITE 2000 assay for total homocysteine in plasma

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 369-373

  Moller J ^a   Ahola, L ^a   Abrahamsson, L ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Control materials; External quality assessment; Quality goals

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE; METHYLMALONIC ACID; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; METHYLMALONIC ACID; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0345613450     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510260296528     Document Type: Article

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