Calculation of limits for significant bidirectional changes in two or more serial results of a biomarker based on a computer simulation model

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 434-440

  Lund, Flemming ^a   Petersen, Per Hyltoft ^a,b   Fraser, Callum G ^c   Sölétormos, György ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

False positives; initial concentration; log normal (Gaussian) distribution; monitoring; normal (Gaussian) distribution; reference change values

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; ALGORITHM; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMARKERS; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84931058828     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563214555163     Document Type: Article

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