Comparison of Improvacuter™ tubes with BD Vacutainer™ tubes for various hormones in the aspects of stability and influence of gel separators

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 231-238

  Zungun, Cevdet ^a   Yilmaz, Fatma Meriç ^a,b   Boru, Elif Guney ^a   Topcuoglu, Canan ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b YILDIRIM BEYAZIT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

BD Vacutainer; gel separator tube; hormone assay; improvacuter; stability

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; GEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD STORAGE; CHEMISTRY;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; GELS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 84920903926     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2014-0583     Document Type: Article

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