The need for a quantitative urine hCG assay

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 676-683

  Cole, Laurence A ^a   Khanlian, Sarah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

core fragment; Free subunit; hCG; Hyperglycosylated; Urine

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63649111145     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2008.10.018     Document Type: Article

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