Evaluation of an immunoassay kit to measure free testosterone;Evaluación de una técnica de inmunoanálisis para la determinación de testosterona libre

Actas Urologicas Espanolas

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 598-601

  Martinez Jabaloyas J M ^a   Queipo Zaragoza A ^a   Gil Salom, M ^a   Chuan Nuez, P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Androgens; Andropause; Immunoassay; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845473250     PISSN: 02104806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0210-4806(06)73500-8     Document Type: Article

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