Measurement of β-CTX in lithium heparin plasma [1]

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 53, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 453-454

  Lippi, Giuseppe ^a   Brocco, Giorgio ^a   Dima, Francesco ^a   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

C telopeptides of type 1 collagen; CTX; Heparin; Serum

Indexed keywords

BETA AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; COLLAGEN; HEPARIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AUTOANALYZER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTPATIENT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SAMPLE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; COLLAGEN TYPE I; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HEPARIN; HUMANS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PEPTIDES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548257231     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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