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Vitamin B12 reference intervals on Beckman, Roche and Siemens analytical platforms
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print. BackgroundVitamin B12 status is assessed primarily by measuring total serum B12 using competitive binding methods. The lack of availability of a standard material and high-level reference measurement pro…
Maintaining glucose integrity ex-vivo: Impact of preanalytical specimen handling
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print. BackgroundAdopting the WHO protocol for glucose analysis is arguably impractical in the routine clinical setting. Deviations may develop due to a lack of understanding regarding the impact of glycolysis …
Practical approaches to the detection of macrotroponin
Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, Ahead of Print. IntroductionMacrotroponin is increasingly recognised as a cause of confusion in interpreting high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTnI) results. In this study, we sought to evaluate two practical approa…
Biomarkers of endometriosis
Endometriosis is one of the most severe female reproductive disorders, affecting 6–10% of women between 18 and 35. It is a gynaecological condition where endometrial tissue develops and settles outside the uterus. The aetiology of endometriosis is primarily influenced by genetic, epigenetic, and non-genetic variables, making it highly challenging to create a therapeutic therapy explicitly … Read more