Analytical evaluation and reference values of serum amyloid-A on the BN ProSpec [1]

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 973-975

  Rothkrantz Kos, Snježana ^a   Schmitz, Maria P ^a   van Dieijen Visser, Marja P ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Analytical evaluation; Reference values; Serum amyloid A

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID A PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LETTER; MALE; NEPHELOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERUM AMYLOID A PROTEIN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4444242885     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2004.158     Document Type: Letter

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