A plea for intra-laboratory reference limits. Part 2. A bimodal retrospective concept for determining reference limits from intra-laboratory databases demonstrated by catalytic activity concentrations of enzymes

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1043-1057

  Arzideh, Farhad ^a   Wosniok, Werner ^a   Gurr, Eberhard ^b   Hinsch, Wilhelm ^c   Schumann, Gerhard ^d   Weinstock, Nicodemo ^e   Haeckel, Rainer ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Links der Weser   (Germany)

^c Reinhard Nieter Krankenhaus Stadtische Kliniken gGmbH   (Germany)

^d HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^e Diagnostisches Zentrum Wagner Stibbe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decision limits; Enzyme catalytic activity concentrations; Reference limits

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE MB; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ADULT; AGE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CATALYSIS; CONSENSUAL VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA BASE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERNEL METHOD; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRATIFICATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE BLOOD LEVEL;

CATALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENZYMES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 34548729197     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.250     Document Type: Article

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