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TECHNICAL NOTE

Sensitive RIA measures testosterone concentrations in prepubertal and pubertal children comparable to tandem mass spectrometry

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Pages 341-344 | Received 13 Jan 2014, Accepted 04 Jul 2014, Published online: 27 Feb 2015

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