Adult testosterone and calculated free testosterone reference ranges by tandem mass spectrometry

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-161

  Neale, S M ^a   Hocking, R ^b   Biswas, M ^c   Turkes, A ^a   Rees, D ^a   Rees, D A ^b   Evans, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPERANDROGENISM; HYPOGONADISM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879438014     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/acb.2012.012047     Document Type: Article

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