Comparison of TEST 1 with SRS 100 and ICSH reference method for the measurement of the length of sedimentation reaction in blood

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 407-412

  Ozdem, Sebahat ^a   Akbas, Halide S ^a   Donmez, Levent ^a   Gultekin, Meral ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fibrinogen; Hematocrit; Length of sedimentation reaction; TEST 1; Westergren method

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCREENING TEST; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MALE; METHODS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33645767718     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2006.075     Document Type: Article

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