MODULAR ANALYTICS: A new approach to automation in the clinical laboratory

Journal of Automated Methods and Management in Chemistry

Volumn 2005, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-25

  Horowitz, Gary L ^a   Zaman, Zahur ^b   Blanckaert, Norbert J C ^b   Chan, Daniel W ^c   DuBois, Jeffrey A ^d   Golaz, Olivier ^e   Mensi, Noury ^e   Keller, Franz ^f   Stolz, Herbert ^f   Klingler, Karl ^g   Marocchi, Alessandro ^h   Prencipe, Lorenzo ^h   McLawhon, Ronald W ⁱ   Nilsen, Olaug L ^j   Oellerich, Michael ^k   Luthe, Hilmar ^k   Orsonneau, Jean Luc ^l   Richeux, Gérard ^l   Recio, Fernando ^m   Roldan, Esther ^m   Rymo, Lars ⁿ   Wicktorsson, Anne Charlotte ⁿ   Welch, Shirley L ^o   Wieland, Heinrich ^p   Grawitz, Andrea Busse ^p   Mitsumaki, Hiroshi ^q   McGovern, Margaret ^r   Ng, Katherine ^s   Stockmann, Wolfgang ^r   more..

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^h OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j Fuerst Medical Laboratory   (Norway)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^l NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^m HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALME   (Spain)

ⁿ SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^o KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^p UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^q HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^r ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

^s Roche Diagnostics Corporation   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MODULAR ANALYTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 27644588080     PISSN: 14639246     EISSN: 14645068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/JAMMC.2005.8     Document Type: Article

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