Accuracy of calculated free testosterone formulae in men

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 382-388

  Ly, Lam P ^a,b   Sartorius, Gideon ^a,b,c   Hull, Laura ^d   Leung, Andrew ^d   Swerdloff, Ronald S ^d   Wang, Christina ^d   Handelsman, David J ^a,b  

^a Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATED FREE TESTOSTERONE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; EQUILIBRIUM DIALYSIS; ETHNICITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GONADS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955108671     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2010.03804.x     Document Type: Article

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