Trueness verification of actual creatinine assays in the European market demonstrates a disappointing variability that needs substantial improvement. An international study in the framework of the EC4 creatinine standardization working group

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1319-1325

  Delanghe, Joris R ^a,k   Cobbaert, Christa ^b   Galteau, Marie Madeleine ^c   Harmoinen, Aimo ^d   Jansen, Rob ^e   Kruse, Rolf ^f   Laitinen, Päivi ^g   Thienpont, Linda M ^h   Wuyts, Birgitte ^a   Weykamp, Cas ⁱ   Panteghini, Mauro ^j  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Centre de Medecine Preventive   (France)

^d Savonlinna Central Hospital   (Finland)

^e ST ANNA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^f DGKL   (Germany)

^g OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

ⁱ Queen Beatrix Hospital   (Netherlands)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^k Department of Clinical Chemistry ^*  (Belgium)

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Author keywords

Analytical error; Bias; Calibration; Creatinine; External quality assessment; Glomerular filtration rate; Reference methods

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EUROPE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; LABORATORY TEST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CREATININE; EUROPE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 51849104710     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.256     Document Type: Article

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