Are fluoride-containing blood tubes still needed for glucose testing?

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 289-290

  Bruns, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOLASE; FLUORIDE; FLUORIDE SODIUM; GLUCOSE;

BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; HUMANS; OXALIC ACID; SODIUM FLUORIDE;

EID: 84873615005     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2013.01.009     Document Type: Editorial

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