Direct renin assay and plasma renin activity assay compared

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2159-2161

  Hartman, Deirdré ^a   Sagnella, Giuseppe A ^a   Chesters, Christine A ^b   MacGregor, Graham A ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Nichols Institute Diagnostics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RENIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOASSAY; PLASMA; RENIN;

EID: 7044286280     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.033654     Document Type: Article

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