Diagnostic significance of free salivary testosterone measurement using a direct luminescence immunoassay in healthy men and in patients with disorders of androgenic status

Aging Male

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 111-122

  Goncharov, Nikolai ^a   Katsya, Gulinara ^a   Dobracheva, Anna ^a   Nizhnik, Alexander ^a   Kolesnikova, Galina ^a   Herbst, Victor ^b   Westermann, Jürgen ^b  

^a N N BLOKHIN NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b IBL GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood; Free testosterone; Saliva

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DILUTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENCE ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SALIVA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ANDROGENS; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 33747610783     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13685530600713060     Document Type: Article

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