Reference values for clinical laboratory parameters in young adults in Maputo, Mozambique.

BACKGROUND: Clinical laboratory reference values from North American and European populations are currently used in most Africans countries due to the absence of locally derived reference ranges, despite previous studies reporting significant differences between populations. Our aim was to define re...

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Main Authors: Nelson Tembe, Orvalho Joaquim, Eunice Alfai, Nádia Sitoe, Edna Viegas, Eulalia Macovela, Emilia Gonçalves, Nafissa Osman, Sören Andersson, Ilesh Jani, Charlotta Nilsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4020854?pdf=render