Rapid determination of serum testosterone by liquid chromatography-isotope dilution tandem mass spectrometry and a split sample comparison with three automated immunoassays

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 484-490

  Chen, Yu ^a   Yazdanpanah, Mehrdad ^b   Hoffman, Barry R ^a,c   Diamandis, Eleftherios P ^a,b,c   Wong, Pui Yuen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunoassay; LC MS MS; Serum testosterone

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IONIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETER; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETER; SPECTROMETRY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; INDICATOR DILUTION TECHNIQUES; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 61849136203     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2008.11.009     Document Type: Article

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