Standardization in clinical enzymology: A challenge for the theory of metrological traceability;Standardizzazione in enzimologia clinica: Una sfida per la teoria della riferibilità metrologica

Biochimica Clinica

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 96-102

  Infusino, Ilenia ^a   Ceriotti, Ferruccio ^b   Panteghini, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; ENZYME; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; REAGENT;

AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CALIBRATION; CALIBRATOR; CATALYSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 77957681681     PISSN: 03930564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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