Ethnic variation in certain hematological and biochemical reference intervals in a south Indian healthy adult population

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-50

  Sundaram, M ^a   Mohanakrishnan, J ^a   Murugavel, K G ^a   Shankar, E M ^a   Solomon, S ^a   Srinivas, C N ^a   Solomon, S S ^a   Pulimi, S ^a   Piwowar Manning, E ^b   Dawson, S ^b   Livant, E ^b   Kumarasamy, N ^a   Balakrishnan, P ^a  

^a YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochemical and hematological parameters; Clinical trials; India; Reference intervals

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; CREATINE KINASE; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; LIPID; PROTEIN; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDIA; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROLYTES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INDIA; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 38349127030     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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