Stability of common biochemical analytes in serum gel tubes subjected to various storage temperatures and times pre-centrifugation

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-379

  Tanner, Melissa ^a   Kent, Neil ^a   Smith, Brian ^b   Fletcher, Stephen ^a   Lewer, Michelle ^a  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b BD Diagnostics   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROCORTISONE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROTEIN; SODIUM; THYROTROPIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; URATE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRIFUGATION; ENZYME STABILITY; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GEL; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CENTRIFUGATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VEINS;

EID: 47749130800     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2007.007183     Document Type: Article

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