Hemolysis correction factor in the measurement of serum neuron-specific enolase

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 891-892

  Verfaillie, Charlotte J ^a   Delanghe, Joris R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Data correction; Hemolysis; Neuron specific enolase

Indexed keywords

NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME RELEASE; ERYTHROCYTE; FREEZE THAWING; HEMOLYSATE; HEMOLYSIS; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS;

EID: 77953181820     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.159     Document Type: Letter

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