Helga Refsum
Assessment of plasma total homocysteine.
PerMagneUeland
Novel aspects of homocysteine as a
cardiovascular risk factor.
J(llm Schneede
Diagnosis and foliow-up of cobalamin deficiency
by determination ofmethylmalonic acid and
homocysteine.
KarstenRasmussen
Inter- and intra-individual variation of plasma
homocysteine and methylmalonic acid and
effects of pre-analytical variables.
JanM!llller
The resulls for 1999 of the Nordie quality
assessment program for homocysteine and
methylmalonic acid.
S03
Astrup fore1esningene
Monday 14:45- 17:00
Chair: Carl C. Holbrek
S04
New trends in automated haematology
Monday 14:45- 17:00
Chair: MartheWed(ll Aune
Co-chair: Sverre Sandberg
MartheWed(llAune
Introduction
Luc vanHove
Aulornated immunohaematology
Birgitta Swohlin
Standardisation and accreditation of the white
blood cell differential count andmorphology
MartheWed(llAune and Sverre Sandberg
Postanalytical quality assurance
Giuseppe d'Onofrio
Assessment of erytropoiesis with special
emphasis on rhuEpo doping detection in athletes.
sos
Evidence based laboratorymedicine and
systematic reviewing in laboratorymedicine
Tuesday 10:30- 12:45
Chair: Sverre Sandberg
Sverre Sandberg
What is evidence basedmedicine and systematic
reviewing?
Atle Klavning
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How to perform an evidence based literature
search in laboratory medicine.
Andrea Rita Horvath
What is the evidence for the role of thyroid
function tests inmonitoring patients on thyroxine
for primary hypothyroidism?
Tadashi Kawai
High sensitivie CRPmeasurements in neonatal
infecions and in atherosclerosis.
Wytze P.Oosterhuis
An overview of systematic reviews in laboratory
medicine.
S06
Genetic polymorphism ofgonadotrophins
and gonadotrophin receptors: functional and
clinical significance
Tuesday 10:30- 12:45
Chair:Göran Lindstedt
S07
Oxygen radieals and disease
Tuesday 14:45- 17:00
Chair: Rune Ulvik
Rune Ulvik
Metals and oxygen radieals-a dangerous
combination.
StephanMarklund
Amyotrophic lateral selerasis andmutations in
the Cu Zn- superoxide dismutase.
S08
Applicationofana1ytical quality specifications
to traceability, method validatian and control
Tuesday 14:45- 17:00
Chair: Per Hyltoft Petersen
Co-chair: Sverre Sandberg
Per Hyltoft Petersen
Basic principles for estimation of analytical
quality specifications based on clinical outcome
and biological variation
LindaThienpont
Reference methods and traceability in relation to
quality specifications
Dietmar Stöckl
Validatian of field methods and externa! control
in relation to quality specifications
Kristian Linnet
Design of intemal control according to quality
specifications
KliniskKjemi
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Norden l ,2000
