Applicability of common reference intervals for serum creatinine concentrations to the Croatian population

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-235

  Flegar Meštrić, Zlata ^a   Perkov, Sonja ^a   Šimonović, Barbara ^a   Juretić, Dubravka ^b  

^a University of Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b Croatian Society of Medical Biochemists   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Applicability of reference intervals; Calibration traceability; Creatinine enzymatic method; Serum creatinine concentration

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CROATIA; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CREATININE; CROATIA; ENZYME ASSAYS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; ISOTOPES; KINETICS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76649105086     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.054     Document Type: Article

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