Abstract
In clinical diagnostics, samples containing low testosterone cannot be analyzed by random access immunoassays normally available at clinical laboratories. For these samples, sensitive and specific LC-MS/MS-based testosterone methods are required. An LC-MS/MS-based testosterone assay is described that was developed and validated for routine clinical application.
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van Winden, L.J., van Tellingen, O., van Rossum, H.H. (2018). Serum Testosterone by Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry for Routine Clinical Diagnostics. In: Giera, M. (eds) Clinical Metabolomics. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1730. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7592-1_7
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