Isotope-dilution liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry candidate reference method for total testosterone in human serum

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 372-380

  Botelho, Julianne Cook ^a   Shacklady, Christopher ^a   Cooper, Hans C ^a   Tai, Susan S C ^b   Van Uytfanghe, Katleen ^c   Thienpont, Linda M ^c   Vesper, Hubert W ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY; FEMALE; GRAVIMETRY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; STANDARD; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84873140366     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2012.190934     Document Type: Article

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