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The impact of the assay for measuring albumin on corrected ('adjusted') calcium concentrations.

Description : BACKGROUND: The K/DOQI guidelines recommend the use of albumin-corrected calcium (Ca), phosphate, parathyroid hormone (PTH) and calcium-phosphate product as therapeutic targets. The two most common assays for measuring albumin yield discordant results in uraemic patients, the Bromcresol purple (BCP)...
Language(s) : English
Subject(s) : Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Blood Chemical Analysis , Bromcresol Green , Bromcresol Purple , Calcium , Calcium Phosphates , Female , Humans , Hypercalcemia , Hypocalcemia , Indicators and Reagents , Male , Middle Aged , Reference Values , Renal Dialysis , Serum Albumin , Uremia
Publisher(s) : (United Kingdom) Oxford Oxford University Press
Contributor(s) : UCL - MD/MINT - Département de médecine interne
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Publication Date(s) : 2009-01-01