Osmolality in serum and urine samples: Calculated or measured?;Siero ed urine: Osmolalità calcolata o osmolalità misurata?

Rivista Italiana della Medicina di Laboratorio

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 206-211

  Bianchi, Vincenza ^a   Bidone, P ^a   Arfini, C ^a  

^a C Arrigo Children's Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryoscopic measurement; Osmolality; Osmometer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SERUM OSMOLALITY; URINALYSIS; URINE OSMOLALITY;

EID: 69349087303     PISSN: 1825859X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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