Automated immunoassay methods for ferritin: Recovery studies to assess traceability to an international standard

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1450-1457

  Blackmore, Sheena ^a   Hamilton, Malcolm ^a   Lee, Anne ^a   Worwood, Mark ^b   Brierley, Matthew ^c   Heath, Alan ^c   Thorpe, Susan J ^c  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commutability; Comparability; Serum ferritin; Standardisation of immunoassays; Traceability

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; MEASUREMENT; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SPIKE; STANDARDIZATION;

AUTOMATION; FERRITINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERNATIONALITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 53849147192     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.304     Document Type: Article

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