Biological variation of free plasma amino acids in healthy individuals

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-104

  Corte, Zoraida ^a   Venta, Rafael ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL SAN AGUSTÍN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analytical quality specifications; Biological variation; Plasma amino acids

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ALANINE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; GLYCINE; HISTIDINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE; SERINE; TAURINE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 74549184083     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.008     Document Type: Article

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