A prolonged time interval between blood sample collection and centrifugation causes an increase in serum carbohydrate-deficient transferrin

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages

  Arndt, Torsten ^a   Kropf, Jürgen ^a  

^a Bioscientia Center for Human Genetics   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Blood; CDT; Hemolysis; Preanalysis

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CENTRIFUGATION; DEGRADATION; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TIME;

BLOOD; CENTRIFUGATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; PHLEBOTOMY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 18744426448     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin as a marker of chronic alcohol abuse: A critical review of preanalysis, analysis and interpretation
2. Evaluation of the cut-off for serum carbohydrate-deficient transferrin as a marker of chronic alcohol abuse determined by the ChronAlcoI.D.™-assay
3. Effect of separation conditions on automated isoelectric focusing of carbohydrate-deftcient transferrin and other human isotransferrins using the PhastSystem