Measurements for 8 common analytes in native sera identify inadequate standardization among 6 routine laboratory assays

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 855-863

  Stepman, Hedwig C M ^a   Tiikkainen, Ulla ^b   Stöckl, Dietmar ^c   Vesper, Hubert W ^d   Edwards, Selvin H ^d   Laitinen, Harri ^b   Pelanti, Jonna ^b   Thienpont, Linda M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Labquality   (Finland)

^c STT Consulting   (Belgium)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; EXTERNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT; IMMUNOASSAY ANALYZER; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; PEER GROUP; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHOLESTEROL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CREATININE; HUMANS; PHOSPHATES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIGLYCERIDES; URIC ACID;

EID: 84901756667     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2013.220376     Document Type: Article

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