Centrifugation - an important pre-analytical factor for the abbott architect high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I assay

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 436, Issue , 2014, Pages 273-275

  Kavsak, Peter A ^a,b   Caruso, Nadia ^b   Beattie, John ^b   Clark, Lorna ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Laboratory Medicine Hamilton Health Sciences ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CARDIAC TROPONIN I; EDETIC ACID; GLUCOSE CITRATE PHOSPHATE; HIGH SENSITIVITY CARDIAC TROPONIN I; REAGENT; TROPONIN I; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ASSAY; BLOOD LEVEL; CENTRIFUGATION; FREEZING; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STORAGE; BLOOD; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HUMANS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODS; MYOCARDIUM;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CENTRIFUGATION; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84903765262     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.06.014     Document Type: Letter

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