Performance characteristics of six intact parathyroid hormone assays

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 134, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 930-938

  La'ulu, Sonia L ^a   Roberts, William L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Automated immunoassay; Method comparison; Parathyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERROR; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; PARATHYROID GLAND EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STORAGE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; EDETIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARATHYROID HORMONE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VITAMIN D; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649678926     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCPLGCZR7IPVHA7     Document Type: Article

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