A dried serum spot assay for vitamin B12

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 354-358

  O'Broin, Sean D ^a   Kelleher, Brian P ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dried blood spots (DBS); Dried serum spot; Epidemiology; Vitamin B 12 assay

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIED SERUM SPOT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE SERUM; LABORATORY TEST; MATERIALS HANDLING; MICROBIOLOGY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SERUM; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE;

ASCORBIC ACID; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DESICCATION; FOLIC ACID; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERUM; TEMPERATURE; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 39849106931     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.076     Document Type: Article

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