Can you measure D-β-Hydroxybutyrate in human plasma samples stored in -80°C?

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The venous samples have been taken in normal EDTA tubes, centrifuged and then stored in -80°C. They have not been DE-proteined by perchloric acid.

Gommaar D'Hulst

Thanks for the info mr Konstantinidis. So as I read it well, you can add the perchloric acid AFTER the samples were frozen?

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