{"title":"Pitfalls in laboratory endocrinology","authors":"P. Trainer, P. Monaghan","doi":"10.1093/med/9780198851899.003.0018","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The utility of laboratory investigations in endocrinology depend on the selection of the appropriate test and careful interpretation. This chapter goes into common pitfalls, including pre-analytical and analytical factors influencing investigations, examples of within-person variation, common measures of hormone measurement, and post-analytical factors.","PeriodicalId":339875,"journal":{"name":"Oxford Handbook of Endocrinology & Diabetes 4e","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Oxford Handbook of Endocrinology & Diabetes 4e","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198851899.003.0018","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The utility of laboratory investigations in endocrinology depend on the selection of the appropriate test and careful interpretation. This chapter goes into common pitfalls, including pre-analytical and analytical factors influencing investigations, examples of within-person variation, common measures of hormone measurement, and post-analytical factors.