Is calibration the cause of variation in liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry testosterone measurement?

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 368-370

  Owen, L J ^a,b   MacDonald, P R ^b   Keevil, B G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytes; Laboratory methods; Mass spectrometry; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETER; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; STANDARD; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84889640077     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563212474563     Document Type: Article

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