Serum Bioavailable Testosterone: Assayed or Calculated?
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Serum bioavailable testosterone: assayed or calculated?
BACKGROUND Bioavailable testosterone (BT), circulating testosterone not bound to sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG), is thought to easily penetrate cells. We compared BT measurements obtained by assays with those obtained by calculation with different testosterone association constants. METHODS We obtained sera from 2 groups of hypogonadal men [group 1 (G1), 1421 samples; group 2 (G2), 170 s...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Chemistry
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0009-9147,1530-8561
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.052126