Measurement of total homocysteine concentrations in acidic citrate- and EDTA-containing tubes by different methods [4]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1881-1883

  Willems, Huub P J ^a,f   Den Heijer, Martin ^b   Lindemans, Jan ^c   Berenschot, Henriette W A ^d   Gerrits, Wim B J ^a   Boss, Gerard M J ^e   Blom, Henk J ^b  

^a LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CITRIC ACID; COAGULANTS; EDETIC ACID; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION IMMUNOASSAY; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 4644285569     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.040634     Document Type: Letter

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