Serum Bioavailable Testosterone: Assayed or Calculated?
Open Access
- 1 March 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Chemistry
- Vol. 52 (3) , 474-481
- https://doi.org/10.1373/clinchem.2005.052126
Abstract
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.Keywords
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