The impact of local guidelines on the tumour marker requesting patterns of a General Surgery Department

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 438-442

  Schulenburg Brand, Danja ^a   Kumar, Nagappan ^a   Zouwail, Soha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Analytes; Laboratory management; Laboratory methods; Tumour markers

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CA 15-3 ANTIGEN; CA 19-9 ANTIGEN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERHOSPITAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL WARD;

EID: 84890179336     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563213479942     Document Type: Article

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