Stability studies of common biochemical analytes in serum separator tubes with or without gel barrier subjected to various storage conditions;Ispitivanje stabilnosti biokemijskih analita u serumskim epruvetama s ili bez gela za odvajanje u različitim uvjetima pohranjivanja

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 202-214

  Cuhadar, Serap ^a   Atay, Ayşenur ^a   Koseoglu, Mehmet ^a   Dirican, Ahmet ^a   Hur, Aysel ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Blood specimen collection; Enzyme stability; Serum; Storage; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CREATINE KINASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UREA; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LABORATORY DEVICE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SERUM SEPARATOR TUBE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; GEL; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ADULT; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CENTRIFUGATION; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865397726     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/bm.2012.023     Document Type: Article

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