Diagnostic and epidemiological implications of regional differences in serum concentrations of proteins observed in six Asian cities

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 800-809

  Ichihara, Kiyoshi ^a   Itoh, Yoshihisa ^b   Min, Won Ki ^c,i   Yap, Sook Fan ^d   Lam, Christopher W K ^e   Kong, Xian Tao ^f   Chou, Chiung Tei ^g   Nakamura, Haruo ^h   Johnson, Andrew M ^j   Whicher, John T ^j   Petersen, Per H ^j   Ritchie, Robert F ^j  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^h Mistukoshi Health/Welfare Foundation   (Japan)

ⁱ Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

CRM470; Gender related changes; Multiple regression analysis; National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS); Nephelometry; Nested analysis of variance; Reference interval

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CERULOPLASMIN; CHOLESTEROL; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CREATININE; CYSTATIN C; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HAPTOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OROSOMUCOID; PLASMA PROTEIN; PREALBUMIN; RETINOL BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASIA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA; STANDARDIZATION; TAIWAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BLOOD PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4344578065     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2004.133     Document Type: Article

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