Editors introduction

Articles in the same Issue

1. Editors introduction
2. Reference values: from philosophy to a tool for laboratory medicine
3. The evolution of the reference value concept
4. Normality: the unreachable star?
5. Selecting clinically relevant populations for reference intervals
6. The IFCC recommendation on estimation of reference intervals. The RefVal Program
7. Graphical interpretation of confidence curves in rankit plots
8. Partitioning biochemical reference data intosubgroups: comparison of existing methods
9. Parametric methods for estimating covariate-dependent reference limits
10. Reference regions of two or more dimensions
11. Should we maintain the 95 percent reference intervals in the era of wellness testing? A concept paper
12. Clinical interpretation of reference intervals and reference limits. A plea for assay harmonization
13. Inherent biological variation and reference values
14. Intraindividual reference values
15. Guideline for the production of multicentre physiological reference values using the same measurement system. A proposal of the Catalan Association for Clinical Laboratory Sciences
16. Proposal for guidelines to establish common biological reference intervals in large geographical areas for biochemical quantities measured frequently in serum and plasma
17. Reference intervals for plasma proteins: similarities and differences between adult Caucasian and Asian Indian males in Yorkshire, UK
18. Diagnostic and epidemiological implications of regional differences in serum concentrations of proteins observed in six Asian cities
19. Study of reference values and biological variation: a necessity and a model for Preventive Medicine Centers
20. Creation of a low-risk reference group and referenceinterval of fasting venous plasma glucose
21. Establishment of a serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) reference interval in healthy adults. The importance of environmental factors, including thyroid antibodies
22. Difficulties in establishing reference intervals for special fluids: the example of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid and homovanillic acid in cerebrospinal fluids
23. Metrological traceability of calibration in the estimation and use of common medical decision-making criteria
24. Creation of the necessary analytical quality for generating and using reference intervals
25. Analytical quality specifications for common reference intervals
26. Design of internal quality control for reference value studies
27. The NEXUS vision: an alternative to the reference value concept
28. Meetings and Awards