Red cell or serum folate? Results from the National Pathology Alliance benchmarking review

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 924-926

  Galloway, M ^a,b   Rushworth, L ^b  

^a SUNDERLAND ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

ASSAY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ERYTHROCYTE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

BENCHMARKING; ERYTHROCYTES; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0346780568     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.56.12.924     Document Type: Review

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