Principles and pitfalls of free hormone measurements

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 631-645

  Faix, James D ^a,b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bioavailable testosterone; cortisol binding globulin; free cortisol; free hormone; free hormone hypothesis; free insulin like growth factor 1; free testosterone; free thyroxine; free triiodothyronine; insulin like growth factor binding proteins; protein bound hormone; sex hormone binding globulin; thyroid binding globulin

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROXINE;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANTIGEN BINDING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; CUSHING SYNDROME; ENDOCRINOLOGIST; EQUILIBRIUM DIALYSIS; EXTRAVASCULAR SPACE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLOMERULUS; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HIRSUTISM; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PROTEIN BINDING; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TARGET ORGAN; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VIRILIZATION;

BIOAVAILABLE TESTOSTERONE; CORTISOL BINDING GLOBULIN; FREE CORTISOL; FREE HORMONE; FREE HORMONE HYPOTHESIS; FREE INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-1; FREE TESTOSTERONE; FREE THYROXINE; FREE TRIIODOTHYRONINE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN-BOUND HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; THYROID BINDING GLOBULIN;

DIALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOASSAY; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; PROTEIN BINDING; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 84885302573     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2013.06.007     Document Type: Review

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