Sampling and storage conditions influencing the measurement of parathyroid hormone in blood samples: A systematic review

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1925-1941

  Hanon, Elodie A ^a   Sturgeon, Catharine M ^b   Lamb, Edmund J ^a  

^a KENT AND CANTERBURY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic kidney disease; Parathyroid hormone; Plasma; Rhythm; Serum; Temperature; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; HEPARIN; HEPARIN LITHIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PRESERVATION SOLUTION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CENTRAL VEIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FREEZING; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE STABILITY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; SUMMER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TUBE; VEIN PUNCTURE; WINTER;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EDETIC ACID; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; PARATHYROID HORMONE; REFRIGERATION; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888098092     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2013-0315     Document Type: Review

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