Serum globulins contribute to the discrepancies observed between the bromocresol green and bromocresol purple assays of serum albumin concentration

British Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 120-125

  Xu, Y ^a   Wang, L ^a   Wang, J ^a   Liang, H ^a   Jiang, Xiaofeng ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bromcresol green; Bromcresol purple; Serum albumin; Serum globulins

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 GLOBULIN; ALPHA 2 GLOBULIN; BETA GLOBULIN; BROMCRESOL PURPLE; BROMOCRESOL GREEN; GLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE HEPATITIS; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SURGICAL PATIENT; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 80052215734     PISSN: 09674845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09674845.2011.11730338     Document Type: Article

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