Limitations of direct estradiol and testosterone immunoassay kits

Steroids

Volumn 68, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1173-1178

  Stanczyk, Frank Z ^a,b   Cho, Michael M ^a   Endres, David B ^b   Morrison, John L ^b   Patel, Stan ^a   Paulson, Richard J ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol (E2); RIA; Testosterone (T)

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMILUMINESCENT IMMUNOASSAY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0344393459     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2003.08.012     Document Type: Article

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