Method evaluation for total β-human chorionic gonadotropin using urine and the ADVIA Centaur [4]

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1421-1422

  Halldorsdottir, Anna M ^a   Carayannopoulos, Mary O ^a   Scrivner, Mary ^b   Gronowski, Ann M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PREMENOPAUSE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREMENOPAUSE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0041866753     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/49.8.1421     Document Type: Letter

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