Albumin-based or albumin-linked calibrators cause a positive bias in serum proteins assayed by the biuret method

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-101

  Chromý, Vratislav ^a   Šváchová, Lenka ^b   Novosád, Lukáš ^a   Jarkovský, Jirí ^a   Sedlák, Pavel ^c   Horák, Petr ^d   Dobrovolná, Hana ^e   Hlavácová, Barbora ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Diagnostics Research Department   (Czech Republic)

^c Municipal Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^d Dr Magrot Laboratory   (Czech Republic)

^e ST ANNE S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Albumin calibrators cause systematic protein bias; Positive bias in serum protein; Serum calibrator for total protein

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ALBUMIN; ALKALI; BILIRUBIN; COPPER; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; GLYCINE; TARTARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIPID HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SAPONIFICATION;

ALBUMINS; BIURET REACTION; BLOOD PROTEINS; CALIBRATION; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

BOVINAE;

EID: 58149305973     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.011     Document Type: Article

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