Validity of radioimmunological methods for determining free testosterone in serum

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 576-582

  Gruschke, Annette ^a   Kuhl, Herbert ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Free testosterone; Levonorgestrel; Norethisterone; Radioimmunoassay; Ultrafiltration method

Indexed keywords

LEVONORGESTREL; NANDROLONE DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACNE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOLOGY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HIRSUTISM; HUMANS; HYPERANDROGENISM; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TESTOSTERONE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 0346451335     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(01)01939-2     Document Type: Article

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