Evaluation of urinary metanephrine and normetanephrine enzyme immunoassay (ELISA) kits by comparison with isotope dilution mass spectrometry

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 114-120

  Wolthers, Bert G ^a   Kema, Ido P ^a   Volmer, Marcel ^a   Wesemann, Reinhard ^b   Westermann, Jürgen ^b   Manz, Bernhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Repromed GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

gas chromatography; mass spectrometry; pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

METADRENALIN; NORMETADRENALIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA;

EID: 0031012213     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/43.1.114     Document Type: Article

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