Plastic versus glass tubes: Effects on analytical performance of selected serum and plasma hormone assays

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1245-1247

  Preissner, Carol M ^a   Reilly, William M ^a   Cyr, Richard C ^a   O'Kane, Dennis J ^a   Singh, Ravinder J ^a   Grebe, Stefan K G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC AMINE; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN; GLASS; GLYCOPROTEIN; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; INSULIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PLASTIC; SOMATOMEDIN C; STEROID HORMONE;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; TUBE;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PLASMA; SERUM;

EID: 3042612210     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.034108     Document Type: Article

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