Effect of storage and freezing on unbound bilirubin measurement

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 396, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 56-57

  Amin, Sanjiv B ^a   Ahlfors, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Peroxidase; Premature infants; Storage; Temperature; Unbound bilirubin

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; PEROXIDASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; EVALUATION; FREEZING; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THAWING;

BILIRUBIN; FREEZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 50049120215     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2008.06.023     Document Type: Article

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