Effects of some pre-analytical conditions on the measurement of homocysteine and cysteine in plasma

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 204-207

  Zighetti, Maddalena Loredana ^a,b   Chantarangkul, Veena ^a   Lombardi, Rossana ^a   Lecchi, Anna ^a   Cattaneo, Marco ^b  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant; Cysteine; Homocysteine; Stability; Temperature; Time

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; CYSTEINE; EDETIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STANDARDIZATION; TIME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTICOAGULANTS; CITRIC ACID; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1642484906     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2004.037     Document Type: Article

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