A plea for intra-laboratory reference limits. Part 1. General considerations and concepts for determination

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1033-1042

  Haeckel, Rainer ^a   Wosniok, Werner ^b   Arzideh, Farhad ^b  

^a Diagnostisches Zentrum Wagner Stibbe   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision limits; Diagnostic limits; Reference interval; Reference limits

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 34548725626     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.249     Document Type: Review

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