Forensic analysis of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT): Implementation of a screening and confirmatory analysis concept is hampered by the lack of CDT isoform standards

Forensic Science International

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-16

  Arndt, Torsten ^a   Keller, Thomas ^b  

^a Bioscientia Center for Human Genetics   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anion exchanger microcolumn; Carbohydrate deficient transferrin; CDT; Turbidimetric immunoassay

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DEFICIENT TRANSFERRIN; ISOPROTEIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; FRACTIONATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TURBIDIMETRY;

EID: 5644261275     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.03.014     Document Type: Article

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