Lipid external quality assessment: Commutability between external quality assessment and clinical specimens

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 260-265

  Cramb, Robert ^a   French, Jane ^b   Mackness, Michael ^c   Neely, R Dermot G ^d   Caslake, Muriel ^e   MacKenzie, Finlay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Research and Development   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STORAGE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

CALIBRATION; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; HUMANS; LIPIDS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 44249099664     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2007.007120     Document Type: Article

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