Sorting the wheat from the chaff in macroprolactinaemia assessment [8]

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-

  Dorizzi, Romolo M ^a   Castello, Roberto ^b   Moghetti, Paolo ^b  

^a Hospital of Verona   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROPROLACTIN; PROLACTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ASSAY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROSS REACTION; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; LETTER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SAMPLE; SCREENING;

HUMANS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLACTIN; PROLACTINOMA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 30844437687     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456306775141768     Document Type: Letter

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