Short-term and long-term storage stability of heparin plasma ammonia

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 288-291

  Dukic, Lora ^a   Simundic, Ana Maria ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; HEPARIN; LITHIUM; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BIOMATERIAL; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE;

ACCURACY; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; AMMONIA ENZYMATIC ULTRAVIOLET METHOD; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD STORAGE; CHEMICAL ANALYZER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PHLEBOTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL BIAS; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AMMONIA; ANTICOAGULANTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; COLD TEMPERATURE; CRYOPRESERVATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEPARIN; HUMANS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; PHLEBOTOMY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84924932042     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2014-202693     Document Type: Article

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