Reference distributions for the negative acute-phase proteins, albumin, transferrin, and transthyretin: A comparison of a large cohort to the world's literature

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 280-286

  Ritchie, Robert F ^a   Palomaki, Glenn E ^a   Neveux, Louis M ^a   Navolotskaia, Olga ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR BLOOD RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; CRM 470 RPPHS; Meta analysis; Serum proteins

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ALBUMIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; PREALBUMIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ACUTE-PHASE PROTEINS; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032751563     PISSN: 08878013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2825(1999)13:6<280::AID-JCLA5>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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