The laboratory diagnosis of testosterone deficiency

Urology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 980-988

  Paduch, Darius A ^a   Brannigan, Robert E ^b   Fuchs, Eugene F ^c   Kim, Edward D ^d   Marmar, Joel L ^e   Sandlow, Jay I ^f  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PC   (United States)

^e Department of Surgery Cooper Medical School of Rowan University ^*  (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ANDROLOGY; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UROLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84899484972     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.12.024     Document Type: Review

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