Addition of sodium fluoride to whole blood does not stabilize plasma homocysteine but produces dilution effects on plasma constituents and hematocrit.
Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA. hughes@mail.labmed.washington.edu
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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