Bilirubin proficiency testing using specimens containing unconjugated bilirubin and human serum: Results of a college of american pathologists study

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1219-1223

  Lo, Stanley F ^a,b,d   Doumas, Basil T ^a,b   Ashwood, Edward R ^c  

^a Children's Hospital of Wisconsin   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; PATHOLOGIST; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; REVIEW; SERUM; TECHNIQUE;

BILIRUBIN; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; NEONATAL SCREENING; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 7444271381     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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