Primary blood tubes mixing: time for updated recommendations

Articles in the same Issue

1. A sensitive quantitative test strip based point-of-care albuminuria screening assay
2. Editorials
3. Serum biomarkers for the non-invasive diagnosis of liver fibrosis: the importance of being validated
4. Primary blood tubes mixing: time for updated recommendations
5. Reviews
6. 10.1515/cclm-2011-0847
7. The hCG assay or pregnancy test
8. Mini Reviews
9. The role of mean platelet volume in predicting thrombotic events
10. The role of red blood cell distribution width in cardiovascular and thrombotic disorders
11. Genetics and Molecular Diagnostics
12. Comparison of different collection procedures and two methods for DNA isolation from saliva
13. Detection of α-globin gene deletion and duplication using quantitative multiplex PCR of short fluorescent fragments
14. High-throughput detection, genotyping and quantification of the human papillomavirus using real-time PCR
15. General Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine
16. Quantification of human serum insulin concentrations in clinical pharmacokinetic or bioequivalence studies: what defines the “best method”?
17. Serum cystatin C is an early biomarker for assessment of renal function in burn patients
18. 10.1515/cclm.2011.0849
19. Mid-stream vs. first-voided urine collection by using automated analyzers for particle examination in healthy subjects: an Italian multicenter study
20. Percentage of hypochromic erythrocytes as a potential marker of iron availability
21. Laboratory evaluation of a flow cytometric BCR-ABL immunobead assay
22. Validation and Outcome Studies
23. Independent validation of the Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) score in the ANRS HC EP 23 Fibrostar cohort of patients with chronic hepatitis C
24. Cancer Diagnostics
25. Demasking of epithelial cell adhesion molecule (EpCAM) on circulating epithelial tumor cells by Tween^®20 treatment in breast cancer patients
26. Anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies are associated with the absence of distant metastases in patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer
27. Blood presence of circulating oncofetal fibronectin mRNA, by RT-PCR, does not represent a useful specific marker for the management and follow-up of thyroid cancer patients
28. Serum mesothelin and megakaryocyte potentiating factor in pancreatic and biliary cancers
29. Cardiovascular Diseases
30. The performance of high sensitivity troponin for the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction is underestimated
31. The prognostic value of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in non-ST elevation acute coronary syndromes: a meta-analysis
32. Measurement of high-molecular-weight adiponectin is not useful in assessing coronary stenosis
33. Letters to the Editor
34. Serum concentration of neopterin on admission does not improve the diagnostic performance of highly-sensitive troponin I
35. Evaluation of the interference by homogentisic acid and other organic acids on the enzymatic and Jaffé method creatinine assay
36. A comparative analysis of the Iris iQ200 with manual microscopy as a diagnostic tool for dysmorphic erythrocytes in urine
37. Falsely decreased ionized calcium results due to analytical interference by teriflunomide, the active metabolite of leflunomide (Arava^®)
38. Is polyethylene glycol precipitation of hyperprolactinaemic samples required when using the Beckman Coulter DxI-800 prolactin assay?
39. Congress Abstracts
40. ISMD2012: Ninth International Symposium on Molecular Diagnostics
41. ArabMedLab Marrakech 2012
42. Masthead
43. Masthead