"good samples make good assays" - the problem of sourcing clinical samples for a standardization project

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 967-972

  Van Houcke, Sofie K ^b   Thienpont, Linda M ^a,c  

^a Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Department of the Committee for Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

C37 A; Commutability; Hypothyroidism; In vitro diagnostic testing; Matrix effects; Metrological traceability; Preanalytic; Recombinant TSH; Thrombin

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

BLOOD SAMPLING; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CLINICAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; THYROID FUNCTION TESTS; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84882251939     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0617     Document Type: Review

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