Within-person biological variation estimates from the European Biological Variation Study (EuBIVAS) for serum potassium and creatinine used to obtain personalized reference intervals.
2021
Anna Carobene, and
Giuseppe Banfi, and
Massimo Locatelli, and
Matteo Vidali
Laboratory Medicine, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: carobene.anna@hsr.it.
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D011188
Potassium
An element in the alkali group of metals with an atomic symbol K, atomic number 19, and atomic weight 39.10. It is the chief cation in the intracellular fluid of muscle and other cells. Potassium ion is a strong electrolyte that plays a significant role in the regulation of fluid volume and maintenance of the WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE.
D012016
Reference Values
The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality.