Long-term stability of clinical laboratory data - Sodium as benchmark

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1616-1617

  Stepman, Hedwig C M ^a   Stöckl, Dietmar ^a   Stove, Veronique ^b   Fiers, Tom ^b   Couck, Pedro ^c   Gorus, Frans ^c   Thienpont, Linda M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; INDICATOR; LITHIUM; SODIUM;

ANALYZER; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; ION SELECTIVE ELECTRODE; LETTER; LITHIUM BLOOD LEVEL; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL;

BENCHMARKING; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; SODIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80055090948     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.168195     Document Type: Letter

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