Addition of sodium fluoride to whole blood does not stabilize plasma homocysteine but produces dilution effects on plasma constituents and hematocrit.
Hughes
M P
MP
Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA. hughes@mail.labmed.washington.edu
Carlson
T H
TH
McLaughlin
M K
MK
Bankson
D D
DD
D000925:Anticoagulants; D001800:Blood Specimen Collection / Q000379:methods*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012969:Sodium Fluoride; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence
D000925:Anticoagulants; D006710:Homocysteine; D012969:Sodium Fluoride