Improved enzyme immunoassay method for melatonin: Application to the determination of serum melatonin in rats, sheep, and humans

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 690-692

  Shavali, Shaik ^a   Samejima, Michikazu ^a   Uchida, Katsuhisa ^a   Morita, Yukitomo ^a   Fukuda, Atsuo ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RAT; SHEEP;

EID: 0032896243     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/45.5.690     Document Type: Article

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