Ionized calcium: Whole blood, plasma or serum?

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 54, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 185-189

  Krahn, John ^a   Lou, Huiquan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b Prince Edward Island   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrolytes; Ion selective electrode; Ionized calcium; Reference values; Sample type

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; HEPARIN;

ACIDITY; ADULT; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; PH; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; VALIDITY; VEIN PUNCTURE; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CALCIUM; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMA; SERUM;

EID: 51049088348     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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