Defining the smallest analyte concentration an immunoassay can measure

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 893-903

  Brown, Emery N ^a,b   McDermott, Timthy J ^a   Bloch, Kurt J ^a   McCollom, Alex D ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian statistics; Detection limit; Enzyme immunoassay; Minimal detectable dose; Prostate disease; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROPARTICLE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; PROSTATE CANCER;

NASA DISCIPLINE REGULATORY PHYSIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MICROCHEMISTRY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029887233     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/42.6.893     Document Type: Article

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