Reduction of laboratory demand after modification of the request format;Disminución de la demanda de laboratorio tras la modificación del formato de solicitud

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 131, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 716-

  Salinas La Casta, María ^a   Flores Pardo, Emilio ^a   Lugo Arocena, Javier ^a   Uris Selles, Joaquín ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE SAN JUAN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; FERRITIN; MAGNESIUM; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; UREA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST;

HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; RECORDS AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 63449121024     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: 15788989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13129116     Document Type: Article

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