Calcium, magnesium, albumin, and total protein measurement in serum as assessed with 20 fresh-frozen single-donation sera

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1597-1599

  Van Houcke, Sofie K ^a   Rustad, Pål ^b   Stepman, Hedwig C M ^a   Kristensen, Gunn B B ^b   Stöckl, Dietmar ^c   Røraas, Thomas H ^b   Sandberg, Sverre ^b   Thienpont, Linda M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Haraldsplass Diakonale Sykehus AS   (Norway)

^c STT Consulting   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; MAGNESIUM; PROTEIN;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; QUALITY CONTROL;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD PROTEINS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CALCIUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 84868091641     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2012.189670     Document Type: Letter

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