Evaluation of blood collection tubes specific for homocysteine measurement

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1652-1654

  De Graaf, Aniek O ^a   De Jonge, Robert ^b   Velmans, Mathieu H ^a   Swaanenburg, Joost C J M ^a   Janssen, Marcel J W ^a  

^a VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acidic citrate HCY C; Bias; EDTA sodium fluoride; HCY Z gel; Homocysteine; Preanalytical; Stability

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; FLUORIDE SODIUM; HOMOCYSTEINE; ICE;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANTICOAGULATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TUBE;

CITRIC ACID; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; EDETIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM FLUORIDE; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 56549110658     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.324     Document Type: Letter

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