Two-center clinical evaluation of a new automated fluorometric immunoassay for the quantitative analysis of total βeta-human chorionic gonadotropin

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 523-528

  Azzazy, Hassan M E ^a   Romero, Liana Frances ^b   Hall, Lee ^b   Ruttle, Doris ^c   Christenson, Robert H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dade Behring   (United States)

^c Methodist Medical Center of Illinois   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorometric immunoassay; Pregnancy monitoring; Quantitative; Stratus CS; Total beta human chorionic gonadotropin

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; HEPARIN;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRIC IMMUNOASSAY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PLASMA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 0141987894     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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