Determination of procalcitonin concentration using the SphereLight 180 clinical auto-analyzer

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 388, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 38-40

  Yamada, Hiroyuki ^a   Matsuda, Shinjiro ^a   Ushio, Yoshihiro ^a   Nakamura, Kenji ^a   Kobatake, Shinzo ^a   Satomura, Shinji ^a   Matsuura, Shuji ^a  

^a FUJIFILM Wako Pure Chemical Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Automation; Chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay; Procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FLUORIDE SODIUM; PROCALCITONIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CALCITONIN; HUMANS; LIGHT; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; TECHNOLOGY, MEDICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 37249053369     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2007.09.028     Document Type: Article

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