Revisiting Hyper- and Hypo-Androgenism by Tandem Mass Spectrometry

    April 2013 in “ Reviews in endocrine and metabolic disorders ”
    Flaminia Fanelli, Alessandra Gambineri, Marco Mezzullo … Uberto Pagotto
    Studysummary The document concludes that using LC-MS/MS for measuring androgens is more accurate than older methods, but it needs careful validation and standardized references to be most effective.
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