The Consensus Statement on the Standardization and Evaluation of Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factor Assays Lacks a Recommendation to Attempt Efficacious Harmonization

[摘要] To the Editor:Similar to the 2006 consensus statement on the standardization of growth hormone (GH) assays 1, the guidelines regarding improvement of assay comparability in a recent consensus statement in Clinical Chemistry 2 are limited to the recommendation of common use of the Second International Standard for Somatropin (IS 98/574), although it is recognized that discrepancies between different assays may remain. As a comment on this consensus statement, we pointed out that the recombinant IS 98/574 standard …

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