Consensus on how to measure growth hormone in serum

Hormone Research

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 27-29

  Ranke, Michael B ^a   Ørskov, Hans ^b   Bristow, Adrian F ^c   Seth, John ^d   Baumann, Gerhard ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Growth hormone; Growth hormone binding proteins; Immunoassay; Radio receptor assay

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN;

BIOASSAY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY; MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CARRIER PROTEINS; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RADIOLIGAND ASSAY;

EID: 0033040763     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000053132     Document Type: Conference Paper

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