Advances in Pediatric Reference Intervals for Biochemical Markers: Establishment of the Caliper Database in Healthy Children and Adolescents Napredak U Oblasti Pedijatrijskih Referentnih Intervala Za Biohemijske Markere: Izrada Baze Podataka Caliper Kod Zdrave Dece I Adolescenata
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Khosrow Adeli Clinical Biochemistry, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X8 Canada List of abbreviations: CALIPER, Canadian Laboratory Initiative on Pediatric Reference Intervals; RIDL, Reference Intervals and Decision Limits; IFCC, International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine; CLSI, Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute; GGT, GammaGlutamyl Transferase; SHGB, sex hormone-binding globulin; FSH, follicle-stimulating hormone; LH, luteinizing hormone; AFP, a-fetoprotein; TSH, thyroid-stimulating hormone; T4, total thyroxine; T3, total triiodothyronine; CRP, C-reactive protein. Summary
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Advances in Pediatric Reference Intervals for Biochemical Markers: Establishment of the Caliper Database in Healthy Children and Adolescents
Clinical laboratory reference intervals provide valuable information to medical practitioners in their interpretation of quantitative laboratory test results, and therefore are critical in the assessment of patient health and in clinical decision-making. The reference interval serves as a health-associated benchmark with which to compare an individual test result. Unfortunately, critical gaps c...
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