Do We Need Pakistan-Specific Reference Ranges in Laboratory Medicine?

Muhammad Saeed; Usman Waheed; Akhlaaq Wazeer; Noore Saba

doi:10.1055/s-0042-1760669

Journal of Laboratory Physicians, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · J Lab Physicians 2023; 15(02): 324-325
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1760669

Letter to the Editor

Do We Need Pakistan-Specific Reference Ranges in Laboratory Medicine?

Muhammad Saeed

¹Department of Pathology, Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Murree, Pakistan

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Usman Waheed

²Peshawar Regional Blood Centre, Provincial Ministry of Health, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

³Department of Pathology and Transfusion Medicine, Divisional Headquarters Teaching Hospital, Mirpur, Pakistan

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Akhlaaq Wazeer

³Department of Pathology and Transfusion Medicine, Divisional Headquarters Teaching Hospital, Mirpur, Pakistan

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Noore Saba

²Peshawar Regional Blood Centre, Provincial Ministry of Health, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

³Department of Pathology and Transfusion Medicine, Divisional Headquarters Teaching Hospital, Mirpur, Pakistan

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