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A guide to IFCC recommendations on reference values.

H E Solberg
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Six recommendations on the theory, production, and use of reference values have been prepared by the IFCC's Expert Panel on Theory of Reference Values. This review serves as a guide to the documents and presents the main topics.

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H E Solberg. 1993. A guide to IFCC recommendations on reference values.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10146392/

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