Between-assay differences in serum growth hormone (GH) measurements: Importance in the diagnosis of GH deficiency in childhood

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1735-1738

  Chaler, E ^a   Belgorosky, A ^a   Maceiras, M ^a   Mendioroz, M ^a   Rivarola, M A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE;

EID: 0034859122     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/47.9.1735     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Interpretation of growth hormone provocative tests: Comparison of cut-off values in four European laboratories
2. International standards for growth hormone
3. Growth hormone heterogeneity in human pituitary and plasma
4. Growth hormone heterogeneity: Genes, isohormones, variants and binding proteins
5. Consensus on how to measure growth hormone in serum
6. Endocrine disorders in 66 suprasellar and pineal tumors of patients with prepubertal and pubertal ages
7. Evaluation of growth hormone assays using ratio plots
8. Biological and analytical components of variation in long-term studies of serum constituents in normal subjects. III. Physiological and medical implications
9. Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement