Long-term (in)stability of folate and vitamin B 12 in human serum

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1761-1763

  Jansen, Eugène H J M ^a   Beekhof, Piet K ^a   Cremers, Johannes W J M ^a   Schenk, Erna ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Folate; Stability; Storage; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD STORAGE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DRUG STABILITY; DRUG STORAGE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84867749880     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0108     Document Type: Article

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