Use of serum myoglobin assays for urine myoglobin measurements can cause false-negative results

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1240-1241

  De Waard, Harm ^a   Van't Sant, Peter ^a  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOGLOBIN;

ACCURACY; ACIDIFICATION; ALKALINIZATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; NEPHELOMETRY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; TURBIDIMETRY; URINALYSIS;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MYOGLOBIN; URINE;

EID: 66449091194     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.118968     Document Type: Letter

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