Effect of delay in sampling on haemoglobin determined by faecal immunochemical tests

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 604-605

  Brown, Louise F ^a   Fraser, Callum G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Bowel Screening Centre Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FECAL IMMUNOCHEMICAL TEST; FECES ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEMOLYSATE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; TURBIDIMETRY;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FECES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; OCCULT BLOOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55949117300     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2008.008024     Document Type: Article

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