Reverse pseudohyperkalemia in a leukemic patient

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 449-451

  Abraham, Boban ^a   Fakhar, Ijaz ^b   Tikaria, Anurag ^a   Hocutt, LaDonna ^b   Marshall, Jim ^b   Swaminathan, Sundararaman ^b   Bornhorst, Joshua A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUDARABINE; FUROSEMIDE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM; POTASSIUM; RITUXIMAB; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; LETTER; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; POTASSIUM; SERUM;

EID: 39749169711     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2007.095216     Document Type: Letter

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