Probability-based construction of reference ranges for ratios of log-gaussian analytes: An example from automated leukocyte counts

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 851-856

  Trost, Donald C ^a   Hu, Mingxiu ^a   Brailey, Allison G ^a   Hoffman, Joel M ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Enzyme; Leukocyte; Log gaussian; Probability; Ratio; Reference value; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MATHEMATICS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036260178     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/EB3Q-KTJG-3UCY-GDLY     Document Type: Article

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