Cortisol Assays: Guidelines for the Provision of a Clinical Biochemistry Service

A MOORE", R AITKEN"", C BURKEt, S GASKELL+. G GROOM+. G H 0 L DE R § , C S E L BY II and P WOO D ~ Fromthe" Nuffield Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, "" Department of Biochemistry, General Hospital, Kettering, i Department of Endocrinology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, i Tenovus Institute for Cancer Research, Welsh National School ofMedicine, Cardiff, §Departmento!Clinical Endocrinology, Birmingham and Midland Hospitalfor Women, Birmingham, IIDepartmentofChemical Pathology, City Hospital, Nottingham, ~Departmentof ChemicalPathology, General Hospital, Southampton, UK

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