Proposed classification of various limit values (guide values) used in assisting the interpretation of quantitative laboratory test results

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 494-497

  Haeckel, Rainer ^a,c   Wosniok, Werner ^b   Arzideh, Farhad ^b  

^a KLINIKUM BREMEN MITTE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Guide value; Limit value; Reference decision limit

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDIZATION;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS;

EID: 63849118180     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.043     Document Type: Letter

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