Steroid hormones: Relevance and measurement in the clinical laboratory

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-118

  Holst, Jennifer P ^a   Soldin, Offie P ^a   Guo, Tiedong ^a   Soldin, Steven J ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; MINERALOCORTICOID; STEROID HORMONE;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; CUSHING DISEASE; GONAD FUNCTION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HYPERALDOSTERONISM; LABORATORY; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM DISEASES; HORMONES; HUMANS; STEROIDS;

EID: 2442513258     PISSN: 02722712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cll.2004.01.004     Document Type: Review

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