Evaluation of automated sex hormone binding globulin immunoassays

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-94

  Jin, Ming ^a,c   Wener, Mark H ^a   Bankson, Daniel D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailable testosterone; Free testosterone; Method comparison; Sex hormone binding globulin; Sex steroid binding globulin; SHBG; SSBG; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; EVALUATION; IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LINEAR MODELS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 29344447069     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2005.10.012     Document Type: Article

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