Pregnancy detection by quantitative urine hCG analysis: The need for a lower cut-off

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 424, Issue , 2013, Pages 174-

  Terwijn, M ^a   van Schie, A ^a   Blankenstein, M A ^a   Heijboer, A C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pregnancy test; Quantitative hCG; Urine hCG

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE URINE LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PREGNANCY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

PREGNANCY TEST; QUANTITATIVE HCG; URINE HCG;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TESTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880295016     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2013.06.010     Document Type: Letter

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