An International Standard for whole blood folate: Evaluation of a lyophilised haemolysate in an international collaborative study

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 533-539

  Thorpe, Susan J ^a   Sands, Dawn ^a   Heath, Alan B ^a   Hamilton, Malcolm S ^b   Blackmore, Sheena ^b   Barrowcliffe, Trevor ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Standardisation; Whole blood folate

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID;

AMPOULE; ARTICLE; BINDING ASSAY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD STORAGE; CALIBRATOR; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FREEZE DRYING; HEMOLYSATE; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION; THERMOSTABILITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CENTRIFUGATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FOLIC ACID; FREEZE DRYING; FREEZING; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERATURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 2942648070     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2004.090     Document Type: Article

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