Influence of sampling and storage conditions on B-type natriuretic peptide immunoreactivity for 3 automated assays [2]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 766-767

  Gruson, Damien ^a,b   Rousseau, Michel F ^a   De Coninck, Virginie ^a   Ahn, Sylvie A ^a   Ketelslegers, Jean Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Unit of Diabetes and Nutrition   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; BENZAMIDE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; EDETIC ACID; REAGENT;

ASSAY; AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645450881     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.062455     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

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