Influence of assay-dependent variability of serum insulin levels on insulin sensitivity indices

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1655-1656

  Borza, Dana ^a   Karmali, Rafik ^a   André, Stéphanie ^a   Valsamis, Joseph ^a   Cytryn, Ephraim ^a   Hermans, Michel P ^b   Beyer, Ingo ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b Academic Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Insulin assay; Insulin sensitivity indices; Reference values

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; ASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SERUM;

ADULT; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56549109936     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2008.315     Document Type: Letter

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