Re: Why do the medical staff 'always' measure substances in serum?

Date: Fri Jun 29 19:39:56 2001
Posted By: Gerald Bock. MD, M.D., Family Practice, Aviation Medicine, Aviation Medical Specialists
Area of science: Medicine
ID: 993495747.Me

Message:


The serum is that portion of blood which transports the different cellular 
elements of blood. It also transports and or contains in concentration the 
drug, chemical or substance of interest. As with measuring concentration 
of solute in solvent so it is with serum.

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