Comparison of five automated serum and whole blood folate assays

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 121-126

  Owen, William E ^a   Roberts, William L ^b,c  

^a ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemolysate; Imprecision; Linearity; Method comparison

Indexed keywords

FOLATE BINDING PROTEIN; FOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HEMOLYSATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SERUM; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; EVALUATION; HEMOLYSIS; METHODOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; ERYTHROCYTES; FOLIC ACID; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 85047687509     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/L2U6HH5KAYG48L40     Document Type: Article

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