Standardization of assays for clinically important enzymes that have high biologic variation: What is all the fuss about?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 299-300

  Wu, Alan H B ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical enzymology; Reference materials; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATORVASTATIN; CLOPIDOGREL; CREATINE KINASE; LIVER ENZYME; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METOPROLOL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIET; DRUG ELUTING STENT; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ASSAY; EXERCISE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION; STANDARDIZATION;

CLINICAL ENZYME TESTS; ENZYMES; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 77249104172     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.084     Document Type: Editorial

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