Total hCG tests

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 412, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 2216-2222

  Cole, Laurence A ^a   DuToit, Stephen ^b   Higgins, Trefor N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAIKATO HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c DynaLIFE Dx   (Canada)

Author keywords

HCG; HCG test; Hyperglycosylated hCG; Pregnancy test

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

A1A TOTAL HCG TEST; ACCESS 2 TOTAL HCG TEST; ACS 180 TOTAL HCG TEST; ARCHITECT TOTAL HCG TEST; ARTICLE; AXSYM TOTAL HCG TEST; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CENTAUR TOTAL HCG TEST; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL LABORATORY; DIMENSION VISTA TOTAL HCG TEST; DXL 800 TOTAL HCG TEST; ELECSYS HCG +BETA TEST; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; IMMULITE TOTAL HCG TEST; LABORATORY TEST; MANUAL HCGBETA RIA TOTAL HCG TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STANDARD; STRATUS TOTAL HCG TEST; VITROS ECIQ TOTAL HCG TEST;

AUTOMATION; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HUMANS;

EID: 80053650553     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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