Processing of diagnostic blood specimens: Is it really necessary to mix primary blood tubes after collection with evacuated tube system?

Biopreservation and Biobanking

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-59

  Lima Oliveira, Gabriel ^a,b   Lippi, Giuseppe ^c   Salvagno, Gian Luca ^a   Brocco, Giorgio ^a   Gaino, Stefania ^a   Dima, Francesco ^a   Volaski, Waldemar ^b   Rego, Fabiane Gomes ^b   Picheth, Geraldo ^b   Guidi, Gian Cesare ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84894436213     PISSN: 19475535     EISSN: 19475543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bio.2013.0043     Document Type: Article

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