Imprecision of tumour biomarker measurements on Roche Modular E170 platform fulfills desirable goals derived from biological variation

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-173

  Dolci, Alberto ^a   Scapellato, Luisa ^a   Mozzi, Roberta ^a   Panteghini, Mauro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 15-3 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; FERRITIN; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY CONTROL;

ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; CA-19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; DATA COLLECTION; FERRITINS; HUMANS; KERATIN-19; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77749246585     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2009.009228     Document Type: Article

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