Standardization of hormone determinations

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 823-830

  Stenman, Ulf Håkan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

hormones; immunoassay; mass spectrometry; reference methods; standardization; standards

Indexed keywords

STEROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDIZATION;

HORMONES; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REFERENCE METHODS; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDS;

HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84888379314     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2013.10.007     Document Type: Review

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