Is the accuracy of serum albumin measurements suitable for clinical application of the test?

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 412, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 791-792

  Infusino, Ilenia ^a,b   Braga, Federica ^a,b   Mozzi, Roberta ^a   Valente, Cristina ^a   Panteghini, Mauro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BLOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NEPHELOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDIZATION; TURBIDIMETRY;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SERUM ALBUMIN; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 79951727395     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2011.01.008     Document Type: Letter

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