Type B natriuretic peptide stability in frozen plasma

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1257-1258

  Daves, Massimo ^a   Cemin, Roberto ^a,b  

^a S Maurizio Hospital   (Italy)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Plasma; Stability; Type B natriuretic peptide (BNP)

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE;

ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ADULT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; FREEZING; HUMANS; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; MIDDLE AGED; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PLASMA; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548590450     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.269     Document Type: Letter

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