The effect of storage time and freeze-thaw cycles on the stability of serum samples

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-77

  Cuhadar, Serap ^a   Koseoglu, Mehmet ^a   Atay, Aysenur ^a   Dirican, Ahmet ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Preanalytical phase; Serum; Stability; Storage; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BILIRUBIN GLUCURONIDE; CALCIUM; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SERUM; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; FREEZING; HUMANS; SERUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873541794     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/BM.2013.009     Document Type: Article

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