Use of routine clinical laboratory data to define reference intervals

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 467-475

  Shine, Brian ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 53549109464     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2008.008028     Document Type: Article

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