Improvement in diagnostic performance of the revised total testosterone measuring system in Japanese women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 65-71

  Niki, Hirobumi ^a   Matsuzaki, Toshiya ^a   Kinouchi, Riyo ^a   Iwasa, Takeshi ^a   Kawami, Takako ^a   Kato, Takeshi ^a   Kuwahara, Akira ^a   Irahara, Minoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Assay; Diagnosis; LH; PCOS; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMANCE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTROCHEMILUMINESCENCE IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; JAPANESE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; JAPAN; LUMINESCENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84897944473     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: 13496867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.61.65     Document Type: Article

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