Reference change values for lens culinaris agglutinin-reactive α-fetoprotein and des-γ-carboxy prothrombin in patients with chronic hepatitis C

Articles in the same Issue

1. Masthead
2. Masthead
3. Editorials
4. Reference values and the journal: why the past is now present
5. Other-than-annual variations in morning determinations of uric acid
6. Reviews
7. Blood biochemical markers of bone turnover: pre-analytical and technical aspects of sample collection and handling
8. A comprehensive review of upper reference limits reported for (high-)sensitivity cardiac troponin assays: the challenges that lie ahead
9. Mini Review
10. Reference change values
11. Opinion Papers
12. Obtaining reference intervals traceable to reference measurement systems: is it possible, who is responsible, what is the strategy?
13. Analytical performance, reference values and decision limits. A need to differentiate between reference intervals and decision limits and to define analytical quality specifications
14. A pragmatic proposal for permissible limits in external quality assessment schemes with a compromise between biological variation and the state of the art
15. Original Articles
16. Age dependence of within-subject biological variation of nine common clinical chemistry analytes
17. Population-based pediatric reference intervals for general clinical chemistry analytes on the Abbott Architect ci8200 instrument
18. Uric acid biorhythm, a feature of long-term variation in a clinical laboratory database
19. Age-related changes in serum amino acids concentrations in healthy individuals
20. Characterisation of a highly sensitive troponin I assay and its application to a cardio-healthy population
21. Are the currently used reference intervals for creatine kinase (CK) reflecting the general population? The Tromsø Study
22. Age-specific thyroid hormone and thyrotropin reference intervals for a pediatric and adolescent population
23. Serum thyroglobulin reference values according to NACB criteria in healthy subjects with normal thyroid ultrasound
24. Thyroid volume influences serum calcitonin levels in a thyroid-healthy population: results of a 3-assay, 519 subjects study
25. Impact of the reference values on the clinically-relevant cut-offs. The example of cortisol testing in children
26. Trimester-specific reference intervals for haemoglobin A_1c (HbA_1c) in pregnancy
27. The concentration of adiponectin in breast milk is related to maternal hormonal and inflammatory status during 6 months of lactation
28. Age- and sex-specific reference limits for creatinine, cystatin C and the estimated glomerular filtration rate
29. Determination of the biological variation of S100β and lactate dehydrogenase in disease-free patients with malignant melanoma
30. Reference intervals and biological variation for kallikrein 6: influence of age and renal failure
31. Faecal haemoglobin concentrations by gender and age: implications for population-based screening for colorectal cancer
32. Reference intervals of extended erythrocyte and reticulocyte parameters
33. Haematological and iron metabolism parameters in professional cyclists during the Giro d’Italia 3-weeks stage race
34. Reference change values for lens culinaris agglutinin-reactive α-fetoprotein and des-γ-carboxy prothrombin in patients with chronic hepatitis C
35. Letters to the Editor
36. Disadvantages of using biological variation data for reference change values
37. Reference change values may need some improvement but are invaluable tools in laboratory medicine
38. Insulin-like growth factor 1 reference intervals for a chemiluminescent enzyme immunometric assay (Immulite 2000^®) in an adult Mediterranean population
39. Reference values for new red blood cell and platelet parameters on the Abbott Diagnostics Cell-Dyn Sapphire
40. Congress Abstracts
41. Swiss MedLab 2012 Congress of the Swiss Union of Laboratory Medicine (SULM)