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Interpretating Normal Values and Reference Ranges for Laboratory Tests

Nancy Doles, May Ye Mon, Arika Shaikh, Samantha Mitchell, Disha Patel, Dean Seehusen and Gurmukh Singh
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine April 2025, jabfm.2024.240224R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240224R1
Nancy Doles
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May Ye Mon
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Arika Shaikh
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Samantha Mitchell
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Disha Patel
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Dean Seehusen
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Gurmukh Singh
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jabfm.2024.240224R1
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2024.240224R1
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40268322

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
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1557-2625
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1558-7118
History 
  • Received for publication June 8, 2024
  • Revision received August 9, 2024
  • Accepted for publication August 26, 2024
  • Published online April 23, 2025.

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  1. Nancy Doles, MD,
  2. May Ye Mon, MD,
  3. Arika Shaikh, MD,
  4. Samantha Mitchell, MD,
  5. Disha Patel, MD,
  6. Dean Seehusen, MD and
  7. Gurmukh Singh, MD, PhD, MBA
  1. From the Department of Family Medicine (ND, AS, SM, DP, DS); Department of Pathology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, GA (MYM).
  1. Corresponding author: Gurmukh Singh, MD, PhD, MBA, Department of Pathology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, 1120 15th St., Augusta, GA 30912, United States (E-mail: gurmukhsinghmdphd{at}yahoo.com)
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Nancy Doles, May Ye Mon, Arika Shaikh, Samantha Mitchell, Disha Patel, Dean Seehusen, Gurmukh Singh
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Nancy Doles, May Ye Mon, Arika Shaikh, Samantha Mitchell, Disha Patel, Dean Seehusen, Gurmukh Singh
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Apr 2025, jabfm.2024.240224R1; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2024.240224R1
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