Free prolactin determinations in hyperprolactinemic men with suspicion of macroprolactinemia

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 316, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 33-41

  Sapin, Rémy ^a   Gasser, Françoise ^a   Grucker, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Hyperprolactinemia; Immunoassay; Macroprolactin; Polyethylene glycol precipitation; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; MOLECULAR SIZE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PRECIPITATION; PROLACTIN; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

EID: 0036135909     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(01)00733-1     Document Type: Article

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