Standardizing plasma protein measurements worldwide: A challenging enterprise

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1567-1575

  Merlini, Giampaolo ^a   Blirup Jensen, Søren ^b   Johnson, A Myron ^c   Sheldon, Joanna ^d   Zegers, Ingrid ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Harmonization; Plasma Proteins; Reference material; Traceability

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTICHYMOTRYPSIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PLASMA PROTEIN;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DRY MASS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVIEW; SERUM; STANDARDIZATION; URINE;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78751626614     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.314     Document Type: Review

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