The release in 1993 of a new reference material for serum proteins, CRM 470/RPPHS 5 has
given rise to a great improvement in the between-laboratory variability of serum protein …

… 4 Rustad P. Nordic Reference Interval Project. http://www.furst.no/norip/ 5 Rustad P,
Felding P, Hyltoft Petersen P. Descriptive analytical data and consequences for calculation of …

… We are interested in the percentages (p a and p b ) of the … equal at both ends, or p a at one
end equals p b at the other end … distribution, the percentages p a and p b cannot exceed 5.0% …

Background: The aim of this study was to develop new methods for partitioning biochemical
reference data, covering in particular nongaussian distributions. Methods: We recently …

A Working Group of the European Group for the Evaluation of Reagents and Analytical
Systems in Laboratory Medicine proposes, after detailed study of the advantages and …

Analytical goals required for the successful transfer of reference intervals between laboratories
within a specified limited geographical area, with a population homogeneous for the …

The Editors of this special issue of the Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory
Investigation and the Organising Committee of the Conference: Strategies to set Global Quality …

By immunoprecipitation we have identified a soluble plasma form of CD163 (sCD163), the IL-6
inducible macrophage-receptor for clearing haptoglobinhaemoglobin complexes. A …

Background: Biochemical liver function tests are widely used in the clinic and are some of
the most frequently used tests in screening for diseases in older age groups. The aim of the …

… Hyltoft Petersen et al. (6) where subgroups are sufficiently different. In consequence, it is
difficult to manipulate the index of individuality and, when the index seems to be unfavourable …