Stability of whole blood at -70°C for measurement of hemoglobin A 1c in healthy individuals [2]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2460-2461

  Jones, Wendy ^a   Scott, Jeff ^b   Leary, Sam ^a   Stratton, Fay ^a   Smith, Susan ^a   Jones, Richard ^a   Day, Andrew ^b   Ness, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BRISTOL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD STORAGE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CHILD; COLD; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 9244245258     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2004.038521     Document Type: Letter

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