Erratum: Plasma betaine concentrations correlate with plasma cortisol but not with C-reactive protein in an elderly population (Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM) 50:9 (1635–1640) DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2017-9910);Plasma betaine concentrations correlate with plasma cortisol but not with C-reactive protein in an elderly population

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1635-1640

  Lever, Michael ^a,b   Storer, Malina K ^a,b   Lewis, John G ^a,b   George, Peter M ^a,b   Chambers, Stephen T ^b  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Betaine homocysteine methyltransferase; C reactive protein; Carnitine; Hip fracture

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARNITINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84867835681     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2017-9911     Document Type: Erratum

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