Free serum cortisol: Quantification applying equilibrium dialysis or ultrafiltration and an automated immunoassay system

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 521-525

  Vogeser, Michael ^a   Möhnle, Patrick ^a   Briegel, Josef ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid binding globulin (CBG); Equilibrium dialysis; Free serum cortisol; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EQUILIBRIUM DIALYSIS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

AUTOMATION; DIALYSIS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 34247389714     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.104     Document Type: Article

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