Determination of human chorionic gonadotropin

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 783-793

  Stenman, Ulf Håkan ^a   Alfthan, Henrik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

epitopes; hCG; hCG ; hCG cf; human chorionic gonadotropin; preeclampsia; pregnancy test; testicular cancer; trophoblastic cancer

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; EPITOPE; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DOWN SYNDROME; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GERM CELL TUMOR; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; NEOPLASM; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TEST; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCREENING; TROPHOBLASTIC DISEASE;

EPITOPES; HCG; HCGΒ; HCGΒCF; HUMAN CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY TEST; TESTICULAR CANCER; TROPHOBLASTIC CANCER;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84888353594     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2013.10.005     Document Type: Review

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