Is heparin plasma suitable for the determination of B-type natriuretic peptide on the Beckman-Coulter Access 2?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-401

  Santos, Humberto ^a   Cauliez, Bruno ^a   Tron, Christophe ^a   Brunel, Valery ^a   Lavoinne, Alain ^a  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

Author keywords

Access 2; B type natriuretic peptide; Heparinplasma; In vitro stability

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN; HUMANS; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77249104628     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.069     Document Type: Article

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