Reference intervals for serum proteins: Similarities and differences between adult Caucasian and Asian Indian males in Yorkshire, UK

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 792-799

  Johnson, Andrew Myron ^a,c   Petersen, Per Hyltoft ^b   Whicher, John T ^c   Carlström, Anders ^d   MacLennan, Sheila ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Danderyd Hospital ^*  (United States)

^d DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Reference intervals; Serum proteins

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; HAPTOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; OROSOMUCOID; PLASMA PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIAN; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLOOD PROTEINS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 4344698478     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2004.132     Document Type: Article

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