Gold nanoparticles in the clinical laboratory: Principles of preparation and applications

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-209

  Azzazy, Hassan M E ^a   Mansour, Mai M H ^a   Samir, Tamer M ^a,b   Franco, Ricardo ^c  

^a The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^b Misr University for Science and Technology   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

assay; bio barcode; diagnostics; gold nanoparticles; immunoassay; molecular assay; nanomedicine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GOLD NANOPARTICLE;

CLINICAL LABORATORY; COST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; IMMUNOASSAY; NANOMEDICINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GOLD; HUMANS; METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84860542162     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2011.732     Document Type: Review

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