Performance characteristics of a novel tandem mass spectrometry assay for serum testosterone

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 120-128

  Kushnir, Mark M ^a   Rockwood, Alan L ^a   Roberts, William L ^b   Pattison, Elizabeth G ^a   Bunker, Ashley M ^a   Fitzgerald, Robert L ^c   Meikle, A Wayne ^b  

^a ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; TESTOSTERONE;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 29744463676     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.052167     Document Type: Article

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