Need for gender-specific pre-analytical testing: The dark side of the moon in laboratory testing

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 179, Issue , 2015, Pages 514-535

  Franconi, Flavia ^a,b   Rosano, Giuseppe ^c   Campesi, Ilaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b Vicepresident of Basilicata Region ^*  (Italy)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pre analytical conditions; Research complexity; Sex gender

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA TUBULIN; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTIFACT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ISOLATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; DIET; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; ESTRUS CYCLE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOSTER CARE; GENDER AND SEX; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENSTRUATION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMEDICATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TOXICOKINETICS; URINALYSIS; WEANING; ANIMAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; MALE;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84920698080     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.019     Document Type: Review

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