Ciba Corning ACS:180 testosterone assay evaluated

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1445-1449

  Wheeler, Michael J ^a   D'Souza, Agnes ^a   Matadeen, Jay ^a   Croos, Premilla ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

automated immunoassay; intermethod comparison; sex hormone binding globulin

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029740010     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/42.9.1445     Document Type: Article

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