Pseudohyperkalaemia at commercial laboratories in Japan: A questionnaire survey

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-156

  Hira, Kenji ^a,b,c   Aoki, Noriaki ^b,c   Fukui, Tsuguya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Schull Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRIFUGATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; JAPAN; LABORATORY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CENTRIFUGATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HEMATOLOGY; HYPERKALEMIA; JAPAN; LABORATORIES; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1942469922     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456304322880069     Document Type: Article

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