Urinary beta-luteinizing hormone and beta-follicle stimulating hormone immunoenzymometric assays for population research

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1071-1079

  Brindle, Eleanor ^a   Miller, Rebecca C ^b   Shofer, Jane B ^a   Klein, Nancy A ^c   Soules, Michael R ^c   O'Connor, Kathleen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Seattle Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

FSH; LH; IEMA; Stability

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; FREEZE THAWING; HEATING; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; URINALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VARIANCE;

ADULT; DRUG STABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33750951468     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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