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American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 747-749

  Kushnir, Mark M ^a   Roberts, William L ^a   Rockwood, Alan L ^a   Bergquist, Jonas ^b   Bunker, Ashley M ^a   Meikle, A Wayne ^a  

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

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 66149099671     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPNANPRF50LCHN     Document Type: Letter

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