The consensus statement on the standardization and evaluation of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor assays lacks a recommendation to attempt efficacious harmonization

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1463-

  Ross, H Alec ^a   Lentjes, Eef ^a   Menheere, Paul P C A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN;

ENDOCRINOLOGY; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LETTER; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; SOMATOMEDINS;

EID: 80053405635     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.169771     Document Type: Letter

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2. Clemmons DR, on behalf of the conference participants. Consensus statement on the standardization and evaluation of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor assays. Clin Chem 2011;57:555-9.
3. Ross HA, on behalf of the Endocrinology section and project group "Calibration 2000" of the SKML (Dutch Foundation for Quality Assessment in Clinical Laboratories). Reporting growth hormone assay results in terms of one consensus recombinant standard preparation offers less than optimal reduction of between-method variation. Clin Chem Lab Med 2008;46:1334-5.