Last updated on 22-8-2019 by Anonymous (not verified)
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BACKGROUND: In 2005, a special survey in the Belgian External Quality Assessment focused on the performance of six automated immunoassay analysers most frequently used in Belgium for estradiol-17beta (E(2)) and progesterone. Results obtained were compared with values determined by reference method, isotope dilution-gas chromatograph/mass spectrometry (ID-GC/MS).METHODS: Five fresh frozen serum samples, without additives, from single donors and three pools from pregnant women were distributed to all registered Belgian laboratories. Total variation, bias, linear relationship within the report…