Development, validation and application of a chemiluminescent immunoassay for the measurement of circulating chorionic gonadotropin levels in the laboratory macaque

Journal of Medical Primatology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 164-169

  Lohstroh, Pete ^a   Laughlin, Lisa ^b   Gee, Nancy ^a,b   Lasley, Bill L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Hormone; Immunoassay; mCG; Pregnancy; Primate

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; REAGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; LUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RHESUS MONKEY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOASSAY; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

MACACA; PRIMATES;

EID: 34248575888     PISSN: 00472565     EISSN: 16000684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2006.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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