Measurement of nitric oxide-related amino acids in serum and plasma: Effects of blood clotting and type of anticoagulant

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 421, Issue , 2013, Pages 164-167

  Davids, Mariska ^a   Peters, Job H C ^a,b   de Jong, Sigrid ^a   Teerlink, Tom ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADMA; Amino acid analysis; Anticoagulants; Coagulation; Homoarginine; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ARGININE; EDETIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEPARIN; NITRIC OXIDE; SERINE; TAURINE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ACCURACY; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CLOTTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION;

AMINO ACIDS; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD COAGULATION; EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; PLASMA; SERUM;

EID: 84876329878     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2013.03.009     Document Type: Article

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