Reference limits of plasma and serum creatinine concentrations from intra-laboratory data bases of several German and Italian medical centres. Comparison between direct and indirect procedures

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 411, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 215-221

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM BREMEN MITTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creatinine; Decision limits; Diagnostic specificity; Reference limits

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BOX COX TRANSFORMATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; KERNEL METHOD; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY; MALE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SERUM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CREATININE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; ITALY; LABORATORIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449131347     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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