Candidate reference measurement procedure for the quantification of total serum cortisol with LC-MS/MS

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 262-269

  Hawley, James M ^a   Owen, Laura J ^a,b   Mackenzie, Finlay ^c   Mussell, Chris ^d   Cowen, Simon ^d   Keevil, Brian G ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d LGC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; POSITIVE ION ELECTROSPRAY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84954509938     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2015.243576     Document Type: Article

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