Cystatin C can be measured reliably in capillary blood samples

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 903-904

  Kort, Sheila A R ^a   Bouman, Anna A ^a   Blankenstein, Marinus A ^a   Bökenkamp, Arend ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY BLOOD; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNONEPHELOMETRIC ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; RELIABILITY; VEIN PUNCTURE; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CAPILLARIES; CYSTATINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

GLOMERULUS;

EID: 17744385951     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.046151     Document Type: Article

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