Comparison of Bayer Advia Centaur® immunoassay results obtained on samples collected in four different Becton Dickinson Vacutainer® tubes

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 481-487

  Morovat, A ^a   James, T S ^a   Cox, S D ^a   Norris, S G ^a   Rees, M C ^a   Gales, M A ^a   Taylor, R P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ADULT; AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 33751330204     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456306778904713     Document Type: Article

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