Choice of sample for the analysis of circulating angiogenic cytokines

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1328-

  Zimmermann, Robert ^a   Weisbach, Volker ^a   Eckstein, Reinhold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenic cytokine; Platelet activation; Pre analytical phase; Reference interval

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; EDETIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 6; SCATTER FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

CENTRIFUGATION; CYTOLYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD CIRCULATION; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 51849155982     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.255     Document Type: Letter

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