Effectiveness of citrate buffer-fluoride mixture in terumo tubes as an inhibitor of in vitro glycolysis

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 68-76

  Bonetti, Graziella ^a   Carta, Mariarosa ^b   Montagnana, Martina ^c   Cascio, Claudia Lo ^d   Bonfigli, Anna Rita ^e   Mosca, Andrea ^f   Testa, Roberto ^e  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^b SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e INRCA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citrate acidification; Glucose; Pre analytical phase; Sodium fluoride; Stability

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; HEPARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BUFFER; CITRIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; LITHIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE ASSAY; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PHLEBOTOMIST; TERUMO TUBE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANALYSIS; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECTS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; BUFFERS; CENTRIFUGATION; CITRATES; EDETIC ACID; FEMALE; FLUORIDES; GLYCOLYSIS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957927391     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/BM.2016.006     Document Type: Article

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