Evaluation of a new procalcitonin assay for the Siemens ADVIA Centaur® with the established method on the B•R•A•H•M•S Kryptor®

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 57, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 415-420

  Sanders, Robert Jan ^a   Schoorl, Marianne ^a   Dekker, Ellen ^a   Snijders, Dominic ^a   Boersma, Wim G ^a   Ten Boekel, Edwin ^a  

^a Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Centaur; Kryptor; Procalcitonin; Routine

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREEZING; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AUTOMATION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CALCITONIN; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960449771     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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