Assessing dehydroepiandrosterone in saliva: A simple radioimmunoassay for use in studies of children, adolescents and adults

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 567-579

  Granger, Douglas A ^a   Schwartz, Eve B ^a   Booth, Alan ^a   Curran, Mary ^a   Zakaria, Dena ^a  

^a Behav Endocrinol Lab P   (United States)

Author keywords

DHEA; Gender and developmental differences; Radioimmunoassay; Saliva

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SALIVA LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA;

EID: 0033067170     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4530(99)00013-X     Document Type: Article

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