Measurement of total testosterone in women: Comparison of a direct radioimmunoassay versus radioimmunoassay after organic solvent extraction and celite column partition chromatography

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1698-1704

  Davison, Sonia L ^a,b   Bell, Robin ^a,b   Montalto, Joe G ^c   Sikaris, Ken ^d   Donath, Susan ^b   Stanczyk, Frank Z ^e   Davis, Susan R ^a,b,f  

^a Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Mayne Health Dorevitch Pathology   (Australia)

^d MELBOURNE PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Radioimmunoassay; Romen; Total testosterone

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; HEXANE; INFUSORIAL EARTH; IODINE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TESTOSTERONE; TRACER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTITION CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANDROGENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIATOMACEOUS EARTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SOLVENTS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 28944441295     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.05.058     Document Type: Article

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