Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8311038 Clinica Chimica Acta 2015 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
Collection of CSF in red vacutainer significantly affects CSF protein estimations, probably due to the presence of clot activator. This might alter the interpretation of result and thus management of the subject. So the red vacutainer should not be recommended for CSF collection.
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Use of red vacutainer for collection of CSF causes falsely high estimation of proteins by pyrogallol red method
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