A statistical basis for harmonization of thyroid stimulating hormone immunoassays using a robust factor analysis model

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 965-972

  Stöckl, Dietmar ^b   Van Uytfanghe, Katleen ^a   Van Aelst, Stefan ^a   Thienpont, Linda M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b STT consulting ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Factor analysis model; Harmonization; Principal component analysis; Robust alternating regressions

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROBUST ALTERNATING REGRESSION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDITY; HUMAN;

FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84903700017     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2013-1038     Document Type: Article

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