"Reference Values" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality.
| Descriptor ID |
D012016
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.978.810
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| Concept/Terms |
Reference Values- Reference Values
- Reference Value
- Value, Reference
- Values, Reference
- Normal Range
- Normal Ranges
- Range, Normal
- Ranges, Normal
- Normal Values
- Normal Value
- Value, Normal
- Values, Normal
- Reference Ranges
- Range, Reference
- Ranges, Reference
- Reference Range
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| 1996 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| 1997 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 1998 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
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| 2003 | 0 | 25 | 25 |
| 2004 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
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| 2007 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2008 | 0 | 21 | 21 |
| 2009 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2010 | 0 | 26 | 26 |
| 2011 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| 2012 | 0 | 22 | 22 |
| 2013 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
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| 2015 | 0 | 17 | 17 |
| 2016 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| 2017 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2018 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 2019 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| 2020 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2021 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2025 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Reference Values" by people in Profiles.
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Gould S, Mody T, Gould M, Kecskemethy H, Veale S, Choudhary A. Ovarian volume estimation in girls using rapid MR imaging for right lower quadrant pain. Pediatr Radiol. 2025 Mar; 55(3):499-504.
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Zareei A, Razeghinejad R, Talebnejad MR, Khalili MR, Masoumpour MS, Shayan Z, Mahdaviazad H, Keshtkar M, Mohammadi E, Tajbakhsh Z, Nowroozzadeh MH. Establishing normal interocular symmetry range for macular optical coherence tomography parameters in healthy children. Eye (Lond). 2025 Feb; 39(3):563-569.
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Naghizadeh Kashani S, Vel I, Sadeghi Adl Z, Shahrampour S, Middleton D, Alizadeh M, Krisa L, Faro S, Tounekti S, Cohen-Adad J, Mohamed FB. Magnetization Transfer Ratio in the Typically Developing Pediatric Spinal Cord: Normative Data and Age Correlation. J Neuroimaging. 2025 Jan-Feb; 35(1):e70019.
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Jones CM, Morway GR, Gutowski CJ, Darvish K. Radiographic Comparison of Forearm Symmetry in Healthy Individuals and Its Importance in the Diagnosis of Longitudinal Radioulnar Dissociation. J Hand Surg Am. 2025 Apr; 50(4):505.e1-505.e6.
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Ahmed S, Agravatt AK, Siddiqui A, Jafri L, Siddiqui I. Indirect Reference Intervals of Serum Calcium in Pakistani Children Using KOSMIC, Bhattacharya, and Hoffman Approach. Clin Lab. 2023 Sep 01; 69(9).
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Stickle DF. Example of use of clock time-dependent targets for patient-based quality control. Ann Clin Biochem. 2024 Jan; 61(1):39-47.
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Yoon U. Native Whole Blood (TRUE-NATEM) and Recalcified Citrated Blood (NATEM) Reference Value Validation with ROTEM Delta. Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2023 Sep; 27(3):199-207.
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Krittanawong C, Maitra NS, Hassan Virk HU, Farrell A, Hamzeh I, Arya B, Pressman GS, Wang Z, Marwick TH. Normal Ranges of Right Atrial Strain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023 03; 16(3):282-294.
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Mubungu G, Roelants M, Lumaka A, Makay P, Tshika D, Lubala T, Tshilobo Lukusa P, Devriendt K. Objective evaluation of facial features in Congolese newborns by facial measurements. The need for population-specific measurements. Am J Med Genet A. 2022 10; 188(10):3063-3070.
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Ahmed S, Zierk J, Khan AH, Jafri L, Majid H, Ghani F, Siddiqui I. Reference Intervals of Serum TSH from Mixed Distributions Using Truncation Points and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov Distance. Clin Lab. 2022 Jul 01; 68(7).