What is a certified reference material?

Biomarkers in Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 369-370

  Mattsson, Niklas ^a,b   Zetterberg, Henrik ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimers disease; biomarkers; cerebrospinal fluid; certified reference material; standardization

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CALIBRATION; CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIAL; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; NOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; STANDARDIZATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 84865517103     PISSN: 17520363     EISSN: 17520371     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/bmm.12.37     Document Type: Note

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