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Original Articles

A New Efficient Method for Eliminating the Interference Effect of Human Serum and Increasing the Sensitivity and Recovery Rate of Enzyme Immunoassay

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Pages 109-124 | Received 20 Nov 2004, Accepted 28 Dec 2004, Published online: 06 Feb 2007

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