Commutability of the ERM-DA470k Reference Material for two assays measuring serum albumin using immunochemical principles

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1383-1384

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYTIC METHOD; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; NEPHELOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; TURBIDIMETRY;

HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 80051734718     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.619     Document Type: Letter

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