Serum albumin: Accuracy and clinical use

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 419, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-18

  Infusino, Ilenia ^a   Panteghini, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Albumin; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ACCURACY; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; COLORIMETRY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84874376633     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2013.01.005     Document Type: Review

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