Artigo redigido por Eric Seaborg

Fontes

Livros:

Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 20ª ed. Henry JB, ed. Nova Iorque: Saunders: 2001.

Laboratory Medicine: Test Selection and Interpretation. Howanitz JH and Howanitz PJ, eds. Nova Iorque: Churchill Livingstone; 1991:6-8.

National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards. How to Define and Determine Reference Intervals in the Clinical Laboratory: Approved Guideline. 2ªa ed. Wayne, PA: 2000.

Sacher RA, McPherson RA, Campos J. Widmann’s Clinical Interpretation of Laboratory Tests. 11ª ed. Filadélfia: F.A. Davis Company; 2000:10-17.

The Science of Laboratory Diagnosis. Crocker J and Burnett D, eds. Oxford: Isis Medical Media; 1998:391-4.

Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry. Burtis CA e Ashwood ER, eds. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company; 1994:454-464.

Entrevistas:

Roberta Reed, PhD, Mary Imogene Bassett Hosp., Cooperstown, NY, (por Eric Seaborg), 6/7/01

David Sundwall, MD, Presidente da American Clinical Laboratory Association, Washington, DC (por Eric Seaborg), 6/7/01

Pennell Painter, PhD, Professor de Patologia, Director Técnico de Dynacare Tennessee Medical Laboratories da University of Tennessee Medical Center em Knoxville (por Jason Kahn)

Noutros pontos da web

Site do National Cholesterol Education Program:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/new/press/01-05-15.htm

http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/atglance.htm

Site da Cornell University Veterinary School, "Clinical Chemistry Basics–Reference Ranges" http://web.vet.cornell.edu/public/popmed/clinpath/CPmodules/chem/refrange.htm