Growth hormone assays: Early to latest test generations compared

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1789-1795

  L'Hermite Balériaux, Mireille ^a   Copinschi, Georges ^a   Van Cauter, Eve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

age related effects; immunochemiluminometric assays; immunoradiometric assays; intermethod comparison; obesity; radioimmunoassays

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OBESITY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0029826253     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/42.11.1789     Document Type: Article

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