Normalisation issues in glucose measurements using phlebotomy tubes with liquid additives

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2017, Pages e1-e3

  Van Der Hagen, Eline A E ^a   Kleefman, Amanda M D ^a   Thelen, Marc H M ^a   Van Den Berg, Sjoerd A A ^a  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

citrate buffered; glucose; glycolysis; liquid additive

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; GLUCOSE; OXALIC ACID; SODIUM FLUORIDE; UREA;

BLOOD COLLECTION TUBE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOMEDICS TUBE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SODIUM FLUORIDE OXALATE TUBE; DEVICES; PHLEBOTOMY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

GLUCOSE; HUMANS; PHLEBOTOMY;

EID: 84998891566     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2016-0225     Document Type: Letter

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