Accuracy of first and second generation testosterone assays and improvement through sample extraction

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1154-1156

  Tiel Groenestege, Wouter M ^a   Bui, Hong N ^b   Ten Kate, Joop ^c   Menheere, Paul P C A ^d   Oosterhuis, Wytze P ^c   Vader, Huib L ^e   Heijboer, Annemieke C ^b   Janssen, Marcel J W ^a  

^a VIECURI MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHER; ISOTOPE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LETTER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SERUM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84863558931     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.181735     Document Type: Letter

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