A nationwide multicentre study in Turkey for establishing reference intervals of haematological parameters with novel use of a panel of whole blood

ÖZARDA Y., Ichihara K., BAKAN E., Polat H., ÖZTÜRK N., KILIÇ BAYGUTALP N., ...More

BIOCHEMIA MEDICA, vol.27, no.2, pp.350-377, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.11613/bm.2017.038
  • Journal Name: BIOCHEMIA MEDICA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.350-377
  • Keywords: multicentre study, reference intervals, complete blood count, haematology, Turkey, WORLDWIDE MULTICENTER, GLOBAL MULTICENTER, CELL COUNTS, ANALYTES, ALTITUDE, INDEXES, ADULT
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction: A nationwide multicentre study was conducted to establish well-defined reference intervals (Rls) of haematological parameters for the Turkish population in consideration of sources of variation in reference values (RVs).