Multicenter evaluation of the commutability of a potential reference material for harmonization of enzyme activities

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1401-1407

  Scharnhorst, Volkher ^a,c   Apperloo, Joke ^a   Baadenhuijsen, Henk ^b   Vader, Huib L ^a  

^a MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Zuyderland Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catalytic enzyme concentration; Dry chemistry analyzers; Harmonization; Matrix effect; Reference materials; Traceability

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; REAGENT; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIQUID; MATERIALS; NETHERLANDS; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; UNCERTAINTY;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CATALYSIS; ENZYME TESTS; ENZYMES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUCROSE;

EID: 11244327739     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2004.261     Document Type: Article

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