Abstract:
:Whole blood and washed erythrocytes from nutritionally normal and abnormal elderly patients were stored at room temperature, 4 degrees C and -20 degrees C for up to 14 days. In both groups, and under all storage conditions, the erythrocyte transketolase (ETK) activity and the thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) effect decreased with time of storage. The ETK activity for specimens stored at -20 degrees C decreased significantly by day 14 (P less than 0.05). The TPP effect in specimens stored at -20 degrees C decreased significantly in the nutritionally abnormal group at 4 days (P less than 0.05) and in the nutritionally normal group by day 14 (P less than 0.05). These significant changes in ETK activity and TPP effect with storage can lead to misleading interpretation of thiamine nutritional status.
journal_name
Ann Clin Biochemjournal_title
Annals of clinical biochemistryauthors
Puxty JA,Haskew AE,Ratcliffe JG,McMurray Jdoi
10.1177/000456328502200417subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1985-07-01 00:00:00pages
423-7eissn
0004-5632issn
1758-1001journal_volume
22 ( Pt 4)pub_type
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
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doi:10.1177/000456328702400113
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
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doi:10.1177/000456320003700404
更新日期:2000-07-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1177/0004563213512801
更新日期:2014-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/000456303770367315
更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0004563216672248
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/0004563041201581
更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/000456304322664744
更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/0004563011900407
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/000456327701400190
更新日期:1977-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/000456328101800101
更新日期:1981-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1258/acb.2010.009112
更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/000456328402100611
更新日期:1984-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/000456329102800113
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1177/000456328602300603
更新日期:1986-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
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更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/000456329303000406
更新日期:1993-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/000456329403100407
更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
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更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/acb.2010.010219
更新日期:2011-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0004563214541247
更新日期:2015-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/acb.2011.011099
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/0004563217694377
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/000456327801500126
更新日期:1978-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/000456306778904560
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1258/000456307780480945
更新日期:2007-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of clinical biochemistry
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1177/000456328502200216
更新日期:1985-03-01 00:00:00