EDTA should be the anticoagulant of choice for the measurement of plasma ammonia: Report of a problem sample [1]

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 357, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 84-85

  Wannasilp, Nilrat ^a   Sribhen, Kosit ^a   Pussara, Nongpun ^a   Opartkiatikul, Nisarat ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; EDETIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEPARIN;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMMONIA; ANTICOAGULANTS; EDETIC ACID; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 20444503933     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cccn.2005.03.011     Document Type: Letter

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