Evaluation of usefulness of the panel test composed of malaria non-specific tests as a surrogate marker

Korean Journal of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 332-338

  Kang, Yun Hi ^a   Lim, Hwan Sub ^a   Lee, Hyuk Min ^a   Lee, Kkot Sil ^a   Choi, Kyong Min ^a  

^a Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; HDL cholesterol; Hematology autoanalyzer; Malaria

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANIMALS; AUTOANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58149398061     PISSN: 15986535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/kjlm.2008.28.5.332     Document Type: Article

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