The analog free testosterone assay: Are the results in men clinically useful?

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2178-2182

  Winters, Stephen J ^a,b   Kelley, David E ^a   Goodpaster, Bret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPERINSULINEMIA; METHODOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RISK FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0031719992     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/44.10.2178     Document Type: Article

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