Hemato-critical issues in quantitative analysis of dried blood spots: Challenges and solutions

Bioanalysis

Volumn 5, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 2023-2041

  De Kesel, Pieter M M ^a   Sadones, Nele ^a   Capiau, Sara ^a   Lambert, Willy E ^a   Stove, Christophe P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; POTASSIUM;

BIOASSAY; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD TO PLASMA CONCENTRATION RATIO; BLOOD VISCOSITY; BLOOD VOLUME; CENTRIFUGATION; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; VOLUMETRY;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS;

EID: 84882672225     PISSN: 17576180     EISSN: 17576199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bio.13.156     Document Type: Review

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