Decision cut-off of the polyethylene glycol precipitation technique in screening for macroprolactinemia on Immulite 2000 [1]

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 566-568

  Rivero, Adriana ^a   Alonso, Elena ^a   Grijalba, Ana ^a  

^a Universidad Pública de Navarra   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gel filtration chromatography; Macroprolactin; Polyethylene glycol

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; PROLACTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DEXTRANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PRECIPITATION; PROLACTIN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 2942644075     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2004.097     Document Type: Letter

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