Minimizing creatine kinase variability in rats for neuromuscular research purposes

Laboratory Animals

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-25

  Goicoechea, M ^a,b   Cia F ^c   San Jose C ^a   Asensio, A ^a   Emparanza, J I ^a   Gil, A G ^c   Lopez De Cerain A ^c   Aldazabal, P ^a   Azpitarte, M ^a   Otaegui, D ^a,b   Lopez De Munain A ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DONOSTIA   (Spain)

^b Ilundain Fundazioa   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Blood sampling; Creatine kinase; Refrigeration; Serum; Variability reduction

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CREATINE KINASE; ETHER; ISOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HABITUATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CREATINE KINASE; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; REFRIGERATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE;

RATTUS;

EID: 42249085592     PISSN: 00236772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/la.2007.06006e     Document Type: Article

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