Determination of Total Plasma Homocysteine: Comparison of a New Enzyme Immunoassay and a HPLC Method

Thromb Haemost 2000; 83(06): 968-969
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1613955

Letters to the Editor

Schattauer GmbH

Isabella Fermo

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Giuseppina Mazzola

¹Coagulation Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, IRCCS H San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

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Armando D’Angelo

¹Coagulation Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, IRCCS H San Raffaele, Milan, Italy

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Rita Paroni

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