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

Özarda, Yeşim; Ichihara, Kiyoshi; Bakan, Ebubekir; Polat, Harun; Öztürk, Nurinnisa; Kılıç Baygutalp, Nurcan; Taneli, Fatma; Güvenç, Yeşim; Örmen, MURAT; Erbayraktar, Zubeyde; Aksoy, Nurten; Sezen, Hatice; Demir, Meltem; Eskandari, Gulcin; Polat, Gürbüz; Mete, Nuriye; Yuksel, Hatice; Vatansev, Hüsamettin; Gun, Fatma; Akin, Okhan; Ceylan, Ozlem; Noyan, Tevfik; Gozlukaya, Ozgul; Aliyazıcıoğlu, Yüksel; Kahraman, Sevim; Dirican, Melahat; Tuncer, Gul; Kimura, Shogo; Eker, Pinar

doi:10.11613/bm.2017.038

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

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Özarda Y., Ichihara K., Bakan E., Polat H., Öztürk N., Kılıç Baygutalp N., ...More

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

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
Dokuz Eylül 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).