Performance characteristics of the IMMULITE 2000 androstenedione assay

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 383, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 168-171

  Owen, William E ^a   Roberts, William L ^b  

^a ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemiluminescent immunoassay; Imprecision; Interference; Method comparison

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE;

ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; AUTOMATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; DEVICE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AUTOMATION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34347358492     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2007.04.015     Document Type: Letter

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