Critical appraisal of current practice in the detection, analysis, and reporting of cryoglobulins

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-43

  Vermeersch, Pieter ^a   Gijbels, Koenraad ^a,b   Mariën, Godelieve ^a   Lunn, Rod ^c   Egner, William ^c   White, Peter ^c   Bossuyt, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Ziekenhuis Oost Malle   (Belgium)

^c United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Service (UKNEQAS)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN; PROTEIN;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOPRECIPITATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; NOTE; PLASMAPHERESIS;

CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; CRYOGLOBULINS; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 38749148451     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.090134     Document Type: Note

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