Can both EDTA and citrate plasma samples be used in measurements of fibrinogen and C-reactive protein concentrations?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1175-1179

  Skeppholm, Mika ^a   Wallén, N Håkan ^a   Blombäck, Margareta ^b   Kallner, Anders ^b  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Citrate; EDTA; Fibrinogen

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CITRATE TRISODIUM; EDETIC ACID; FIBRINOGEN; THROMBIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING TIME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; NEPHELOMETRY; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; FIBRINOGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY;

EID: 50249109087     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.219     Document Type: Article

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