Towards the development of a certified reference material for hemoglobin A2

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1611-1618

  Paleari, Renata ^a   Muñoz, Amalia ^b   Mosca, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Commutability; HbA2; Reference Materials; Standardization; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A2;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CERTIFICATION; FREEZE DRYING; HEMOGLOBIN ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOLYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEMBRANE RECONSTITUTION; NORMAL HUMAN; POWDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REFRIGERATOR; STANDARD; THROMBOCYTE;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; HEMOGLOBIN A2; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 78751622471     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.317     Document Type: Article

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