Comparison of serum folate species analyzed by LC-MS/MS with total folate measured by microbiologic assay and Bio-Rad radioassay

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 781-784

  Fazili, Zia ^a   Pfeiffer, Christine M ^a   Zhang, Mindy ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; FOLINIC ACID; METHENYLTETRAHYDROFOLATE CYCLOHYDROLASE;

ARTICLE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; RADIOISOTOPES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SERUM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 34147214370     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2006.078451     Document Type: Article

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