Growth hormone (GH) assays: Influence of standard preparations, GH isoforms, assay characteristics, and GH-binding protein

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 950-956

  Jansson, Chatarina ^a,b   Boguszewski, Cesar ^a   Rosberg, Sten ^a   Carlsson, Lena ^a   Albertsson Wikland, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Conversion factors; Immunoassays

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; NORMAL HUMAN; STANDARD;

EID: 0030926571     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.6.950     Document Type: Article

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