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B S Bull, W C Levy, J C Westengard, M Farr, P F Smith, J F Apperley, P A Bacon, J Stuart.
Abstract
A new analytical technique (consensus analysis) was devised to assess the performance of laboratory tests that are commonly used to monitor the acute and chronic phases of inflammatory disease. On thirty-one tests carried out monthly for 7 months in seventeen patients with rheumatoid arthritis, the consensus analysis procedure ranked plasma viscosity and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in a tie for first place. Measurement of the acute-phase serum protein orosomucoid ranked third. Consensus analysis has the potential to reduce laboratory costs by identifying the most useful tests; it also promises to be helpful in the design of new laboratory tests that are more sensitive and specific.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID： 2874377 DOI： 10.1016/s0140-6736(86)90063-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN： 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321