How accurate are assays for 25-hydroxyvitamin D? Data from the international vitamin D external quality assessment scheme

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2195-2197

  Carter, Graham D ^a   Carter, Richard ^b   Jones, Julia ^a   Berry, Jacqueline ^c  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Sovereign Software Services   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIFEDIOL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; SODIUM AZIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROTEIN BINDING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D 2; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 7044241191     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.040683     Document Type: Article

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