Marked biological variance in endocrine and biochemical markers in childhood: Establishment of pediatric reference intervals using healthy community children from the CALIPER cohort

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1393-1403

  Bailey, Dana ^a,b   Colantonio, David ^a,b   Kyriakopoulou, Lianna ^a,b   Cohen, Ashley H ^a   Chan, Man Khun ^a   Armbruster, David ^c   Adeli, Khosrow ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; COBALAMIN; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; TROPONIN I;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84883355722     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2013.204222     Document Type: Article

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