A systematic review of data on biological variation for alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and γ-glutamyl transferase

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1997-2007

  Carobene, Anna ^a,b   Braga, Federica ^b,c   Roraas, Thomas ^d   Sandberg, Sverre ^d,e   Bartlett, William A ^b,f  

^a Diagnostica e Ricerca San Raffaele SpA   (Italy)

^b European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM)   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d Haraldsplass Hospital   (Norway)

^e HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological variation; Enzymes; Quality specification; Reference change value

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BIOLOGICAL VARIANCE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84888105658     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2013-0096     Document Type: Article

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