Direct measurement of serum free testosterone by ultrafiltration followed by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 490-496

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Horizon Health Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunoassay; LC MS MS; Serum free hormone; Testosterone; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUILIBRIUM DIALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MALE; MASS ACTION; MASS SPECTROMETER; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PURIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SERUM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 76749119858     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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