Effect of sex and assay method on serum concentrations of growth hormone in patients with acromegaly and in healthy controls

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 468-473

  Markkanen, Helene ^a   Pekkarinen, Tuula ^b   Välimäki, Matti J ^a   Alfthan, Henrik ^a   Kauppinen Mäkelin, Ritva ^c   Sane, Timo ^a   Stenman, Ulf Håkan ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b PEIJAS HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCHEMILUMINESCENT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUOROMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SERUM; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33644550300     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.060236     Document Type: Article

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