Comparison of a fluorometric assay kit with high-performance liquid chromatography for the assessment of serum retinol concentration

African Health Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 641-646

  Elom, Aglago Kouassivi ^a   Imane, El Menchawy ^a   Kaoutar, Benjeddou ^a   Khalid, El Kari ^a   Asmaa, El Hamdouchi ^a   Mehdi, Azlaf ^a,b   Noureddine, El Haloui ^a   Hassan, Aguenaou ^a  

^a IBN TOFAIL UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b School Health Service   (Morocco)

Author keywords

HPLC; ICHECK Fluoro; Serum retinol; Test kit; Vitamin A status

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPROTEINIZATION; EXTRACTION; FLUOROMETRIC ASSAY KIT; FLUOROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MOROCCO; PRECIPITATION; RAPID TEST; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOROCCO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84930068773     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ahs.v15i2.43     Document Type: Article

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