Statistical considerations for harmonization of the global multicenter study on reference values

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 432, Issue , 2014, Pages 108-118

  Ichihara, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Latent abnormal values exclusion method; Modified Box Cox transformation formula; Multicenter study; Panel of sera; Reduced major axis regression; Reference interval

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LINEAR SYSTEM; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84901624114     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2014.01.025     Document Type: Article

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