Latex Agglutination Test for Ferritin Measurement

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 223-228

  Kotajima, Nobuo ^a   Ishizaka, Miki ^a   Oshitani, Setsuko ^a   Fukumura, Yukihito ^a   Ushijima, Yoshio ^a   Murakami, Masami ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ferritin; General chemistry analyzer; Latex agglutination

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FER LATEX X2 SEIKEN; FERRITIN; REAGENT;

ADULT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; CANCER; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SIDEROSIS; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HUMANS; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0346328423     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcla.10096     Document Type: Article

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