Establishing reference intervals for DPC's free testosterone radioimmunoassay

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-21

  Ooi, Daylily S ^a,b   Innanen, Victor T ^c   Wang, Di ^a   Chong, George L ^d   Donnelly, James G ^a,b   Arseneault, Jean Jacques ^e   Pronovost, Claire ^a   Wells, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Hospitals in Common Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

Free testosterone radioimmunoassay; Reference values

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0032007443     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9120(97)00143-4     Document Type: Article

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