Preanalytic handling of clinical blood samples in assessing immunological proteins - Role of storage duration

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
• ² Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Neuroimmunology Unit, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
• ³ Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Medical Sciences, Psychiatry, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
• ⁴ Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden.
• ⁵ Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm Health Care Services, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden.
• ⁶ Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Electronic address: goran.engberg@ki.se.