Intra-laboratory variation and its effect on gestational diabetes diagnosis

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2017, Pages e216-e218

  Van Den Berg, Sjoerd A A ^a   Thelen, Marc H M ^b   Tiel Groenestege, Wouter M ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c IJSSELLAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

error budget; gestational diabetes; proficiency test

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

CLINICAL OUTCOME; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GLUCOSE ASSAY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANALYSIS; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; LABORATORY; PREGNANCY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85020679187     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2016-0979     Document Type: Letter

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