Poor specificity and recovery of urinary free cortisol as determined by the Bayer ADVIA Centaur extraction method

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 563-565

  Gray, Gillian ^a   Shakerdi, L ^a   Wallace, A M ^a  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; TECHNIQUE;

CROSS REACTIONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0141518119     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456303322326506     Document Type: Article

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