Measurement of total serum testosterone levels using commercially available kits: High degree of between-kit variability

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 286-292

  Boots, Larry R ^a,b   Potter, Sally ^a,b   Potter, H Downing ^a,b   Azziz, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ^*

Author keywords

Androgens; Laboratory; Radioimmunoassay; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPOGONADISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0031906157     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00464-0     Document Type: Article

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