"Method-specific" stability of serum C-peptide in a multicenter clinical study

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 153-155

  Bolner, Andrea ^a   Lomeo, Luca ^a   Lomeo, Alessandro M ^a  

^a Exacta Central Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

C peptide; Chemiluminescence; RIA; Stability

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RELIABILITY; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOSTABILITY; TIME;

ADULT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; C-PEPTIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES;

EID: 17144385169     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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