The hCG assay or pregnancy test

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 617-630

  Cole, Laurence A ^a  

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

Author keywords

hCG; hCG test; hyperglycosylated hCG; pregnancy; pregnancy test

Indexed keywords

BETA C TERMINAL PEPTIDE CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CARBOHYDRATE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; HYPERGLYCOSYLATED CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; NICKED CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; NICKED HYPERGLYCOSYLATED CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOMATED LABORATORY TEST; AUTOMATED PREGNANCY TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINE;

CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS;

EID: 84860435813     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/cclm.2011.808     Document Type: Review

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