CORE--HORMONE

激素核心将提供建立和国家的最先进的方法， 测量激素和骨转换的生化标志物。这些 将在马约基金会免疫化学核心中进行测量 实验室（马约ICL），这是一个专业实验室，提供 用于临床和基础研究的专用免疫化学检测 通过马约基金会。ICL实验室提供了大部分的 测试，以支持马约的一般临床研究中心（GCRC）。的 的专业知识和设备的可用性在激素核心为 本拨款提案中所需的检测性能对 开展拟议的研究。

The Hormone Core will provide established and state-of-the-art methods for measuring hormones and biochemical markers of bone turnover. These measurements will be done in the Mayo Foundation Immunochemical Core Laboratory (Mayo ICL), which is a specialized laboratory which provides dedicated immunochemical testing for both clinical and basic research through Mayo Foundation. The ICL laboratory provides the majority of the tests to support Mayo's General Clinical Research Center (GCRC). The availability of the expertise and equipment in the Hormone Core for the performance of the assays needed in this grant proposal is critical to the conduct of the proposed studies.