Quantification of testosterone (T) by 8 immunoassays and by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MSMS) in normal and hirsute women. A multicenter study

Revista Argentina de Endocrinologia y Metabolismo

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 159-174

  Scaglia, Hugo E ^a   Aquilano, D R ^a   Buccini, G ^a   Chichizola, C ^a   Corazza, N ^a   Corthey, C ^a   Fuillerat, S ^a   Guevel, L ^a   Ibanez G ^a   Lacoste, E ^a   Mohr, A ^a   Nosetto, S ^a   Orsi, M ^a   Piaggio, Roberto ^a   Riesco, O ^a   Sandoz, S ^a   Scaglia, J ^a   Viola, Ana M ^a   Wolfthal, D ^a   Zylbersztein, C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Different methods for T assay; T levels in hirsute women; T levels in normal women; Testosterone sssay

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GOLD STANDARD; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERANDROGENISM; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SAMPLING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84872417717     PISSN: 03264610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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