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Estimating reliable paediatric reference intervals in clinical chemistry and haematology
Author(s) -
Ridefelt Peter,
Hellberg Dan,
Aldrimer Mattias,
Gustafsson Jan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/apa.12438
Subject(s) - medicine , hematology , confidence interval , medical physics
Very few high‐quality studies on paediatric reference intervals for general clinical chemistry and haematology analytes have been performed. Three recent prospective community‐based projects utilising blood samples from healthy children in S weden, D enmark and C anada have substantially improved the situation. Conclusion The present review summarises current reference interval studies for common clinical chemistry and haematology analyses.