Article
Need for revisiting the concept of reference values.
Clinical chemistry and laboratory medicine - 1 Jul 2000
Henny J, Petitclerc C, Fuentes-Arderiu X, Petersen P H, Queraltó J M, Schiele F, Siest G
Abstract excerpt
The reference values concept has been adopted by health care professionals, including clinical chemists, laboratory scientists, and clinicians and simultaneously by all the official organizations in charge of the establishment of legislation. But the estimation of reference limits, and the evaluation of biological variability need to be improved at the level of the procedures, which are currently too long and too...
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