Reliability of biological variation data available in an online database: Need for improvement

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 871-877

  Carobene, Anna ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

biological variation; desirable specification; reference change value; statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCOSYLATED ALBUMIN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED SERUM ALBUMIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL VARIATION DATA; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DATA PROCESSING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEASUREMENT; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; BIOASSAY; FACTUAL DATABASE; INTERNET; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDS; URINE;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INTERNET; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SERUM ALBUMIN;

EID: 84929119061     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2014-1133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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