Qualitative point-of-care and over-the-counter urine hCG devices differentially detect the hCG variants of early pregnancy

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 406, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 81-85

  Cervinski, Mark A ^a   Lockwood, Christina M ^a   Ferguson, Angela M ^a   Odem, Randall R ^a   Stenman, Ulf H ^b   Alfthan, Henrik ^b   Grenache, David G ^c   Gronowski, Ann M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

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

Author keywords

hCG; hCG variants; Over the counter; Point of care devices; Urine

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; URINALYSIS;

EID: 67650227038     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.05.018     Document Type: Article

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