Measurement of icteric index as approach to detect abnormal total bilirubin values

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1095-1097

  Szoke, Dominika ^a   Braga, Federica ^a   Valente, Cristina ^a   Panteghini, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HEPARIN; LITHIUM;

BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; ICTERIC INDEX; LETTER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHOTOMETRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; BLOOD; FEMALE; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; BIOCHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TESTS; NOTE;

BILIRUBIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DIAGNOSTIC SCREENING; LABORATORY TESTS;

EID: 84892825307     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jclinpath-2013-201544     Document Type: Letter

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