The Beckman DxI 800 prolactin assay demonstrates superior specificity for monomeric prolactin

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-208

  Byrne, Brendan ^a   O'Shea, Paula ^a   Barrett, Patricia ^a   Tormey, William ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Hyperprolactinaemia; Macroprolactin; Macroprolactinaemia; Prolactin; Screening

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; MONOMER; PROLACTIN;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL;

CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPROLACTINEMIA; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PROLACTIN; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 76649083587     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.038     Document Type: Article

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