Closing the gaps in pediatric laboratory reference intervals: A caliper database of 40 biochemical markers in a healthy and multiethnic population of children

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 854-868

  Colantonio, David A ^a,b   Kyriakopoulou, Lianna ^a,b   Chan, Man Khun ^a   Daly, Caitlin H ^a   Brinc, Davor ^a,b   Venner, Allison A ^b   Pasic, Maria D ^b   Armbruster, David ^c   Adeli, Khosrow ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ABBOTT DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; BROMCRESOL PURPLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHOLESTEROL; CREATINE; DYE; ENZYME; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IRON; LIPID; PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; URIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK REDUCTION; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84860653919     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.177741     Document Type: Article

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