Retinol-binding protein stability in dried blood spots

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1972-1975

  Fujita, Masako ^a   Brindle, Eleanor ^a   Shofer, Jane ^a   Ndemwa, Philip ^b   Kombe, Yeri ^b   Shell Duncan, Bettina ^a   O'Connor, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN STABILITY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; SAMPLING; SERUM;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; NORTH AMERICA; RETINOL-BINDING PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 35648945209     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.093104     Document Type: Article

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