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  1. Is sample type associated with high hemolysis index?

    Article • Clinica Chimica Acta, June 2019, Elsevier

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  2. Precision, accuracy, cross reactivity and comparability of serum indices measurement on Abbott Architect c8000, Beckman Coulter AU5800 and Roche Cobas 6000 c501 clinical chemistry analyzers

    Article • Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), April 2018, De Gruyter

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  3. Key Performance Indicators to Measure Improvement After Implementation of Total Laboratory Automation Abbott Accelerator a3600

    Article • Journal of Medical Systems, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  4. Preanalytics of urine sediment examination: effect of relative centrifugal force, tube type, volume of sample and supernatant removal

    Article • Biochemia Medica, December 2017, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  5. Visual assessment of hemolysis affects patient safety

    Article • Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), November 2017, De Gruyter

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  6. I index is not an accurate indicator of icteria in conjugated hyperbilirubinemia

    Article • Clinica Chimica Acta, October 2017, Elsevier

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  7. Patient safety is not compromised by excluding microscopic examination of negative urine dipstick

    Article • Annals of Clinical Biochemistry International Journal of Laboratory Medicine, February 2017, SAGE Publications

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  8. Preanalytical external quality assessment of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine and CROQALM: finding undetected weak spots

    Article • Biochemia Medica, January 2017, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  9. K2-EDTA and K3-EDTA Greiner Tubes for HbA1cMeasurement

    Article • Laboratory Medicine, January 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  10. The quality and scope of information provided by medical laboratories to patients before laboratory testing: Survey of the Working Group for Patient Preparation of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Article • Clinica Chimica Acta, October 2015, Elsevier

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  11. 4.2 The Lipemic Sample

    Article • August 2015, De Gruyter

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  12. Croatian survey on critical results reporting

    Article • Biochemia Medica, January 2015, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  13. Serotonin transporter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) in Croatian population

    Article • Molecular Biology Reports, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  14. The evidence based practice for optimal sample quality for ammonia measurement

    Article • Clinical Biochemistry, August 2014, Elsevier

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  15. Ca 19-9: is there a role for potential new biomarker for medullary thyroid cancer?

    Article • Endocrine Abstracts, April 2014, Bioscientifica

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  16. The evaluation and comparison of consecutive high speed centrifugation and LipoClear® reagent for lipemia removal

    Article • Clinical Biochemistry, March 2014, Elsevier

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  17. Lipemia: causes, interference mechanisms, detection and management

    Article • Biochemia Medica, January 2014, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  18. Heterogeneity of manufacturers' declarations for lipemia interference — An urgent call for standardization

    Article • Clinica Chimica Acta, November 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Gabriel Lima-Oliveira, Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  19. Association ofAPOA5−1131T>C Polymorphism and Serum Lipid Levels in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes

    Article • DNA and Cell Biology, October 2013, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  20. BMI as a prognostic feature in patients with breast cancer treated with chemo/endocrine therapy

    Article • Endocrine Abstracts, April 2013, Bioscientifica

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  21. Symptomatic cardiac metastases of breast cancer 27 years after mastectomy: a case report with literature review - pathophysiology of molecular mechanisms and metastatic pathways, clinical aspects, diagnostic procedures and treatment modalities

    Article • World Journal of Surgical Oncology, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  22. Can Cranberry Extract and Vitamin C + Zn Supplements Affect the in vivo Activity of Paraoxonase 1, Antioxidant Potential, and Lipid Status?

    Article • Clinical Laboratory, January 2013, Clinical Laboratory Publications

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  23. Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine: national recommendations for venous blood sampling

    Article • Biochemia Medica, January 2013, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  24. Preanalytical quality improvement: in quality we trust

    Article • Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), October 2012, De Gruyter

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  25. ABCC8Polymorphisms Are Associated with Triglyceride Concentration in Type 2 Diabetics on Sulfonylurea Therapy

    Article • Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers, August 2012, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  26. Insulin Receptor H1085H C>T and Insulin Receptor Substrate 1 G972R Polymorphisms and Prostate Cancer Risk: A Pilot Study

    Article • Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers, March 2011, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  27. The quality of the extra-analytical phase of laboratory practice in some developing European countries and Mexico – a multicentric study

    Article • Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), December 2010, De Gruyter

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  28. The prevalence of preanalytical errors in a Croatian ISO 15189 accredited laboratory

    Article • Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), May 2010, De Gruyter

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  29. Analytical validation of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) on AxSYM Abbott analyzer

    Article • Biochemia Medica, January 2010, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  30. Biochemia Medica celebrates its first impact factor

    Article • Biochemia Medica, January 2010, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  31. Frequency of factor II G20210A, factor V Leiden, MTHFR C677T and PAI-1 5G/4G polymorphism in patients with venous thromboembolism: Croatian case control study

    Article • Biochemia Medica, January 2010, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  32. Hemolysis detection and management of hemolysed specimens

    Article • Biochemia Medica, January 2010, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  33. Self reported routines and procedures for the extra-analytical phase of laboratory practice in Croatia - cross-sectional survey study

    Article • Biochemia Medica, January 2010, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  34. Metabolic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Is Associated with Sulfonylurea Receptor-1 (SUR-1) but Not with KCNJ11 Polymorphisms

    Article • Archives of Medical Research, July 2009, Elsevier

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  35. Bisalbuminemia in a male Croatian patient with sarcoidosis

    Article • Biochemia Medica, January 2009, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  36. Statistical errors in manuscripts submitted to Biochemia Medica journal

    Article • Biochemia Medica, January 2009, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  37. Comparison of visual vs. automated detection of lipemic, icteric and hemolyzed specimens: can we rely on a human eye?

    Article • Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), January 2009, De Gruyter

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  38. Efficiency of test report delivery to the requesting physician in an outpatient setting: an observational study

    Article • Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), January 2009, De Gruyter

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  39. Pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in acute ischemic stroke and their relation to early neurological deficit and stroke outcome

    Article • Clinical Biochemistry, November 2008, Elsevier

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  40. Methodological Issues in Genetic Association Studies of Inherited Thrombophilia: Original Report of Recent Practice

    Article • Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, April 2008, SAGE Publications

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  41. Accu Chek Compact Plus blood glucometer evaluation

    Article • Biochemia Medica, January 2008, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  42. Are serum lipids measured on stroke admission prognostic?

    Article • Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), January 2008, De Gruyter

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  43. Rare TA repeats in promoter TATA box of the UDP glucuronosyltranferase (UGT1A1) gene in Croatian subjects

    Article • Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), January 2008, De Gruyter

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  44. The methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism and cancer risk: The Croatian case–control study

    Article • Clinical Biochemistry, September 2007, Elsevier

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  45. Severe cholestasis in a newborn with PiZZ alpha-1-antitrypsingenotype - A case report

    Article • Biochemia Medica, January 2007, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj

  46. Thromboembolism in a 14-year-old boy – case report

    Article • Biochemia Medica, January 2006, Croatian Society for Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

    Nora Nikolac Gabaj