Response to the editor: Limitations of the Hoffmann method for establishing reference intervals using clinical laboratory data.

Clin Biochem

Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-based Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children Health, Beijing 100045, China.

Published: August 2019

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